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天竺楽

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
天 竺 楽
てん
Grade: 1 		じく
Jinmeiyō 		がく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
天竺樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 天竺 (Tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 楽 (gaku, “music”).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) てんじく​がく [tèńjíkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

天(てん)竺(じく)楽(がく) • (tenjikugaku) 

  1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre that purportedly originated in India.
    Previously viewed as the same as 林(りん)邑(ゆう)楽(がく) (Rin'yūgaku), with differing theories about specific pieces. Some of the gagaku titles included in this category are:

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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