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    3. 序曲

    序曲

    序じょ曲きょく

    overture

    KMT9News #29+1Ref L2NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab13 strokes

    じょきょく

    Noun

    1.
    overture, prelude

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    このオペラの序じょ曲きょくはとても美うつくしいです。

    The overture of this opera is very beautiful.

    KMT7Music & Entertainment
    交こう響きょう曲きょくの前まえに、短みじかい序じょ曲きょくが演えん奏そうされた。

    A short overture was performed before the symphony.

    KMT9Music & Entertainment
    彼かれはその映えい画がのために壮ついそ大うだいな序じょ曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくした。

    He composed a magnificent overture for that film.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    コンサートの開かい演えんを告つげる序じょ曲きょくが流ながれ、会かい場じょうは静しずまり返かえった。

    The overture announcing the start of the concert played, and the venue fell silent.

    KMT9Music & Entertainmententertainment
    その事じ件けんは、後のちの大たい戦せんの序じょ曲きょくに過すぎなかった。

    That incident was merely a prelude to the later great war.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    序
    つい.で・ついで…(2)
    preface・beginning・order・precedence・occasion…(2)
    曲
    ま.がる・ま.げる・くま…(2)
    bend・music・melody・composition・pleasure…(6)
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