[きゅう, kyuu] (adj-na) (1) urgent; sudden; abrupt; (2) sharp; steep; precipitous; (3) rapid; swift; fast; (n) (4) emergency; crisis; (5) hurrying; haste; (6) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) end of a song; (P) #3744
[りょ, ryo] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 甲・かん) bass range (in Japanese music); (2) (See 十二律, 律) six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (3) (See 呂旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scaleimilar to Mixolydian mode (corresponding to #4294
[りつ, ritsu] (n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to #6911
[は, ha] (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song #7971
[じょ, jo] (n) (1) order; ordering; (2) beginning; start; (3) (See 序詞) foreword; preface; introduction; (4) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) opening of a song #9347
[ガガイモか, gagaimo ka] (n) (See 蘿芋) milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)
[いちこつちょう;いちこちちょう, ichikotsuchou ; ichikochichou] (n) (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on D
[えいががいしゃ, eigagaisha] (n) movie company
[えいががく, eigagaku] (n) film study
[えいががっこう, eigagakkou] (n) film school
[おうしきちょう;おうしきぢょう, oushikichou ; oushikidyou] (n) (See 黄鐘・おうしき, 六調子) (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on A
[がが, gaga] (adj-t) rugged (e.g. mountains)
[ががつよい, gagatsuyoi] (adj-i) (See 我の強い) egoistic; selfish; self-willed
[ががく, gagaku] (n) drawing
[ががくし, gagakushi] (n) drawing paper
[ががくせい, gagakusei] (n) art student
[ががく, gagaku] (n) old Japanese court music; gagaku; (P)
[ががくりょう;うたりょう;うたづかさ;うたつかさ;うたのつかさ, gagakuryou ; utaryou ; utadukasa ; utatsukasa ; utanotsukasa] (n) (See 雅楽, 律令) government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period)
[けががち, kegagachi] (n) winning accidentally
[がくじん, gakujin] (n) musician (esp. Gagaku)
[がくそう, gakusou] (n) ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
[こまぶえ, komabue] (n) Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
[さがく, sagaku] (n) (abbr) (arch) (See 左方の楽) style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
[さほうのがく, sahounogaku] (n) (arch) (See 唐楽) style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
[さほうとうがく, sahoutougaku] (n) (obsc) (See 唐楽) style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
[さいばら, saibara] (n) genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
[さんこ, sanko] (n) (1) (obsc) the three types of gagaku drums; (2) (arch) third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)
[じゅうにりつ, juuniritsu] (n) (See 雅楽) ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
[しょうこ;しょうご, shouko ; shougo] (n) (See 雅楽) small gong (used in gagaku)
[おやのいんががこにむくう, oyanoingagakonimukuu] (exp) (id) The father's sins will be visited upon the children
[ふきもの, fukimono] (n) (See 雅楽) wind instrument (esp. in gagaku)
[せいがく, seigaku] (n) (See 雅楽) court music; gagaku
[そうじょう, soujou] (n) (1) (See 十二律, 仲呂) (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); (2) (See 呂旋, 六調子) (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G
[ぞくそう, zokusou] (n) (See 楽箏) modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso) (lit. vulgar koto); modern koto music
[たいしきちょう;たいじきちょう, taishikichou ; taijikichou] (n) (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on E
[ががんぼ;かがんぼ, gaganbo ; kaganbo] (n) (uk) crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)
[ひきもの, hikimono] (n) (See 雅楽) string instrument (esp. in gagaku); stringed instrument
[てんじくがく, tenjikugaku] (n) (arch) (See 雅楽) gagaku of Indian origin
[とうがく, tougaku] (n) (1) Tang-era Chinese music; (2) (See 雅楽, 林邑楽) style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
[しらびょうし, shirabyoushi] (n) (1) (arch) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); (2) prostitute; (3) (See 雅楽・ががく) tempo in gagaku
[ばんしきちょう, banshikichou] (n) (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on B
[おなががも;オナガガモ, onagagamo ; onagagamo] (n) (uk) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
[ひょうじょう, hyoujou] (n) (1) (See 十二律, 太簇) (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); (2) (See 律旋, 六調子) (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E
[りつおんかい, ritsuonkai] (n) ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku
[りっせん, rissen] (n) (See 呂旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to
[りつせんぽう;りっせんぽう, ritsusenpou ; rissenpou] (n) (See 呂旋法) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to
[りょせん, ryosen] (n) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to
[りょせんぽう, ryosenpou] (n) (See 律旋法) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to
[ろくちょうし, rokuchoushi] (n) (See 左方唐楽) six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)
[なんご, nango] (n, vs) (1) lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies; (2) baby babble; goo-goo; gaga