Illustration: In a community music room, a teacher marks a strong downbeat with one hand while a small ensemble practices together. A mechanical metronome swings on a stool beside the teacher.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

拍ひょう子し

hyoushi

rhythm, meter

Example sentences

  1. 曲きょくの拍子ひょうしが取とれない

    unable to pick up on the time of a song

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. ただし八はち拍子びょうしから外はずれたリズムで謡うたわれる部分ぶぶんもある。

    However, there may be some part chanted in a rhythm other than the eight-beat

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

  3. 囃子単独はやしたんどくの演奏えんそうの場合ばあいには拍子ひょうしにあった旋律せんりつを吹ふくが、謡うたいにあわせるときには拍子ひょうしに合あわないメロディーを吹ふく。

    During the Noh musician’s solo performance, a melody congruent to the rhythm is played but when accompanying a Noh chant, a melody not congruent to the rhythm is played.

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

Kanji in 拍子

  • 拍clap; beat (music)Onハク・ヒョウ
  • 子childOnシ・ス・ツKunこ・ね

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