Illustration: In a neighborhood music room, a young adult sits beside a koto, finger picks contacting the strings while the other hand presses a string beyond its bridge. Their posture is attentive but relaxed. Two friends listen nearby, one gently keeping time with a fingertip against their knee.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

奏かなでる

kanaderu

to play music

Used for instruments and the music they produce. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. バイオリンを奏かなでる

    to play the violin

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. トムがヴィオラをメアリーがチェロを奏かなでています。

    Tom plays the viola, and Mary plays the cello.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 笛ふえは旋律せんりつを奏かなでるというより、情景じょうけいを象徴しょうちょうしたり打楽器的だがっきてきに用もちいられたりする。

    Rather than playing the melody, the flute is used frequently as a percussion instrument for symbolizing the scene.

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

Kanji in 奏

  • 奏play music; speak to a rulerOnソウKunかなでる

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