きょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
Noun
2. tune; melody; air
3. enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (125 in total)
distortion; falsification; perversion
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
curve; bend; crook
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
title of a musical composition; name of a piece of music; song title
melody; tune
selection of music; song selection
arrangement
overture; prelude
set piece (of music)
curved surface
instrumental trio
composition written for solo shakuhachi, kokyū, koto, etc.; this composition; this piece (of music); this song
incredible song; great song
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
prelude; overture
hit song; best-seller
koto music
all compositions; the entire composition
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
original song; original melody
high-angle fire
theme music; theme tune; theme song
curvature
waltz (composition)
short piece (of music)
fantasy; fantasia
funeral march
difficult piece (of music)
capriccio; mania; wild excitement; frenzy
collection (of musical pieces); studies; album; suite
secret music
top; spinning tricks
trick riding
to write music for a song; to set to music
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
musical theme; motif
carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
musical item being performed; performed song
mania; wild excitement; frenzy
merits (of a case); right or wrong
order in which songs, etc. are played (in playlist, set list, etc.)
theme music; theme song
dance music
mass; setting of the ordinary of the mass (Kyrie, Credo, etc.)
nocturne
capriccio; caprice
details; circumstances
acrobatic feats
piece of instrumental music
solo (musical work)
rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
interlude; intermezzo
arrangement (of a traditional Japanese piece of music) for shakuhachi, kokyū, koto, etc.
chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
cover song (remake of another artist's song)
cover song (remake of another artist's song)
meandering stream
equal workmanship but different style
vocal music piece
wickedness; injustice
meandering stream
wickedness
coupling track; B side; B-side
dance music; ballet music
(sheet) music; score
koto music
piece of instrumental music; (an) instrumental
yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama); Yuan drama
Passion music
an act done for one's own benefit
misrepresentation; falsification
elegy; sad tune; plaintive melody
curvature
title song (of a record)
wickedness
drinking while doing an acrobatic stunt; drinking in a strange manner
inferior scholarship
biased argument; biassed argument; sophistry; specious argument
siphon; curved pipe
uninteresting; dull
joint work (art, music, etc.)
declension
winding; twisting; zigzagging
different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes
round-backed chair used by a priest during a memorial service
piano piece for four hands; composition for piano four-hands
medley; fantasia; potpourri
favourite song; favorite song
false theory
fancy diving
inflection point
hyperbolic paraboloid
song that sounds better the more one listens to it; song that grows on one over time
hyperbolic geometry
original music; music written for a specific occasion
special pardon to a specific region (in the ritsuryō system); limited amnesty
medley; pastiche; potpourri
March of the Volunteers (national anthem of China)
Divine Comedy (poem by Dante); Divina Commedia
Examples (46 in total)
It's a beautiful song.
What kind of music do you make?
I'm writing a song.