曲きょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
This is really a good song.
Noun
2. tune; melody; air
3. enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure
Kanji used
curved
Pitch accent
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Top 2800
Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
curve; bend; crook
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
selection of music; song selection
overture; prelude
instrumental trio
set piece (of music)
curved surface
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
all compositions; the entire composition
hit song; best-seller
original song; original melody
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
high-angle fire
waltz (composition)
theme music; theme tune; theme song
short piece (of music)
capriccio; mania; wild excitement; frenzy
difficult piece (of music)
collection (of musical pieces); studies; album; suite
secret music
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
to write music for a song; to set to music
musical theme; motif
musical item being performed; performed song
mania; wild excitement; frenzy
carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
order in which songs, etc. are played (in playlist, set list, etc.)
merits (of a case); right or wrong
theme music; theme song
acrobatic feats
mass; setting of the ordinary of the mass (Kyrie, Credo, etc.)
solo (musical work)
details; circumstances
capriccio; caprice
interlude; intermezzo
piece of instrumental music
rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
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)
meandering stream
to write music for a song; to set to music
equal workmanship but different style
wickedness; injustice
meandering stream
coupling track; B side; B-side
distortion; falsification; perversion
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama); Yuan drama
dance music; ballet music
(sheet) music; score
inferior scholarship
an act done for one's own benefit
piece of instrumental music; (an) instrumental
elegy; sad tune; plaintive melody
misrepresentation; falsification
cover song (remake of another artist's song)
title song (of a record)
round-backed chair used by a priest during a memorial service
round-backed chair used by a priest during a memorial service
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
joint work (art, music, etc.)
medley; fantasia; potpourri
piano piece for four hands; composition for piano four-hands
drinking while doing an acrobatic stunt; drinking in a strange manner
biased argument; biassed argument; sophistry; specious argument
uninteresting; dull
winding; twisting; zigzagging
siphon; curved pipe
curve; bend; crook
top; spinning tricks
uninteresting; dull
March of the Volunteers (national anthem of China)
Divine Comedy (poem by Dante); Divina Commedia
favourite song; favorite song
medley; pastiche; potpourri
song that sounds better the more one listens to it; song that grows on one over time
original music; music written for a specific occasion
special pardon to a specific region (in the ritsuryō system); limited amnesty
Examples (67 in total)
It's a beautiful song.
The last song had ended.
I'm writing a song.