Illustration: Inside a small neighbourhood recital room, a string quartet reaches the final moment of a piece performed from memory. All four players finish together, their bows lifted at matching angles while the cellist holds the last resonant posture.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

楽がっ曲きょく

gakkyoku

musical composition, song

Example sentences

  1. カラオケ向むけの楽曲がっきょく作づくりとマーケティングが始はじまる。

    Writing and marketing of songs for karaoke started.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. カラオケが流行りゅうこうしだすと、その楽曲がっきょくのCD自体じたいにカラオケが付属ふぞくするようにもなった。

    As karaoke became popular, CDs were made to include a karaoke version of the song.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 現在げんざい、国立劇場こくりつげきじょうの企画きかくの一環いっかんとして、廃絶はいぜつされた楽器がっきや楽曲がっきょくを復元ふくげんする試こころみが行おこなわれている。

    Currently, as one of the projects of the National Theater, there are attempts to restore the instruments and numbers that had been eliminated.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 楽曲

  • 楽music; easeOnガク・ラク・ゴウKunたのしい・たのしむ・このむ
  • 曲bend; musicOnキョクKunまがる・まげる・くま

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