音楽

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See also: 音樂 and 音乐

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
音 楽
おん
Grade: 1 		がく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
音樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 音樂 (ʔˠiɪm ŋˠʌk̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

音(おん)楽(がく) • (ongaku)  (uncountable)

  1. music
    • 1927, 堀辰雄, ルウベンスの偽画:
      そういう気(き)持(もち)は悪(わる)い音(おん)楽(がく)を聞(き)いたあとの感(かん)動(どう)に非(ひ)常(じょう)に似(に)ていた。
      Sō iu kimochi wa warui ongaku o kiita ato no kandō ni hijō ni niteita.
      That feeling was exactly like the way I feel after listening to bad music.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
音 楽
うん
Grade: 1 		がく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
音樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as うんがく.

Noun

音(うん)楽(がく) (ungaku) 

  1. music

References

  1. ^ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/23
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