音楽

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See also: 音樂 and 音乐

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 音樂 (MC 'im ngaewH|ngaewk|lak).

Pronunciation

Noun

(おん)(がく) (ongaku (uncountable)

  1. music
    • 1927, 堀辰雄, ルウベンスの偽画:
      そういう()(もち)(わる)(おん)(がく)()いたあとの(かん)(どう)()(じょう)()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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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
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.[1] Borrowed from Japanese 音楽 (ongaku).

Not used in actual Okinawan.

Noun

(うん)(がく) (ungaku

  1. (hapax, ghost word, obsolete) music

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 23