軽音楽

See also: 輕音樂 and 轻音乐

Japanese
Kanji in this term
軽 音 楽
けい
Grade: 3		 おん
Grade: 1		 がく
Grade: 2
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
輕音樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 軽 (kei, “light, easy”) +‎ 音楽 (ongaku, “music”), a calque of English light music.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けーお​んがく [kèéóꜜǹgàkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːõ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

軽(けい)音(おん)楽(がく) • (keiongaku) 

  1. light music (such as popular songs, jazz, chanson, etc.), as opposed to classical music
  2. semiclassical music

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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