dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
old Japanese court music; gagaku
Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
wind music; wind instrument music
light music; popular music
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
Western music; European music
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
music school; music academy; conservatory
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
orchestra member; musician
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
music for strings; string music
singing and dancing; song and dance
the world of music; the music world
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
music industry; music business
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
music theory; musical theory
college of music; school of music; music college
melodic subject; theme; motif
program music; programme music
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
music director; musical director
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
celebrated musician; master musician
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
compositional rules; musical grammar
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
piece of instrumental music
modern music; contemporary music
Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
musical passage or section
government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period)
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
Ancient Chinese banquet music
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
inside story; confidential talk
online music distribution
mask worn by a bugaku dancer
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
church music; sacred music
skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
music distribution service
Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
form of gagaku performed while marching
(arch.) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku tofu on both sides
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
Flemish school (of music)
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
music in the Korean court
manzai (comic dialogue) accompanied by music
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance