Japanese

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Kanji in this term
調
ひら
Grade: 3
ちょう > ぢょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ひら) (hira, common) + 調子(ちょうし) (chōshi, pitch, tuning).[1][2] The chōshi changes to jōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひら)調(ぢょう)() (hirajōshiひらでうし (firadeusi)?

  1. (music) the most common method of tuning the koto, often known as Yatsuhashi Kengyō's way

References

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  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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN