表拍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	拍
おもて Grade: 3	はく Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 表(おもて) (omote, “face, front”) + 拍(はく) (haku, “beat”).

Noun

表(おもて)拍(はく) • (omotehaku) 

1. (music) accented beat; an accented part of a straight (not syncopated) rhythm

See also

• 弱拍(じゃくはく) (jakuhaku, “offbeat”)
• 裏拍(うらはく) (urahaku, “syncopated beat”)