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gagaku

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Noun (common)
  1. old Japanese court music; gagaku

Full entry for 雅楽

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りょう

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りょう

gagakuryou

Noun (common)
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  1. government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period)

Full entry for 雅楽寮

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ondo

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  1. lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead

  2. folk song and dance performed by a group

  3. leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

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がく

gaku

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. music

  2. old Japanese court music; gagaku

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seigaku

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  1. court music; gagaku

Full entry for 正楽

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michigaku

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  1. form of gagaku performed while marching

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gakubiwa

Noun (common)
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  1. large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

Full entry for 楽琵琶

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fukimono

Noun (common)
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  1. wind instrument (esp. in gagaku)

Full entry for 吹き物

しょう

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shouko

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. small gong (used in gagaku)

Full entry for 鉦鼓

じゅう
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りつ

juuniritsu

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  1. ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)

Full entry for 十二律

たい
へい
らく

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へい
らく

taiheiraku

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Noun (common)
  1. happy-go-lucky

Full entry for 太平楽

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hikimono

Noun (common)
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  1. string instrument (esp. in gagaku); stringed instrument

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ぞく
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zokugaku

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)

Full entry for 俗楽

しん
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shingaku

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. new music

  2. shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)

Full entry for 新楽

ひち
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hichiriki

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)

Full entry for 篳篥

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dadaiko

Noun (common)
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  1. dadaiko drum; large drum used for outdoor bugaku and gagaku performances

Full entry for 大太鼓

がく
しょ

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しょ

gakusho

Noun (common)
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Noun (common)
  1. gagaku training place (Heian era)

  2. place for playing instruments

Full entry for 楽所

とう
がく

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がく

tougaku

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Tang-era Chinese music

  2. tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

Full entry for 唐楽

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