Illustration: In a Japanese school music room, a student plays a trumpet with lips firmly against the mouthpiece and fingers pressing its valves. The instrument extends clearly from the player's face, and the lifted chest and focused posture suggest controlled breathing.

Beyond N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

吹すい奏そう

suisou

to play a wind instrument

Often appears in compounds such as 吹奏楽. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 尺八しゃくはちの吹奏すいそう人口じんこうについての本格的ほんかくてきな調査ちょうさはされておらず、正確せいかくな人口じんこうは不明ふめいである。

    As a full-scale survey of the number of shakuhachi players has not been carried out, the exact number is unknown.

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

  2. 篳篥ひちりきにはその吹奏すいそうによって人ひとが死しを免まぬかれたり、また盗賊とうぞくを改心かいしんさせたなどの逸話いつわがある。

    There are stories of people escaping death and thieves mending their ways through performances on the hichiriki.

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

  3. 管楽器かんがっきの吹奏すいそうには、息いきの使つかい方かたが大切たいせつだ。

    Breath control is important when playing a wind instrument.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 吹奏

  • 吹blow; breatheOnスイKunふく
  • 奏play music; speak to a rulerOnソウKunかなでる

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