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    3. 拍子

    拍子

    拍ひょう子し

    (musical) time

    KMT8News #24+1CoreNounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ひょうし

    Noun

    1.
    (musical) time, tempo, beat, rhythm
    2.
    the moment, the instance, chance

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    音おん楽がくに合あわせて手て拍びょう子しを打うった。

    I clapped my hands to the rhythm of the music.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    彼かれは拍ひょう子しを取とるのが苦にが手てだ。

    He's not good at keeping time.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    この曲きょくは3拍びょう子しで、とても軽けい快かいなリズムだ。

    This song is in 3/4 time and has a very light rhythm.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    彼かれの冗じょう談だんの拍ひょう子しに、場ばが和なごんだ。

    The atmosphere relaxed at the moment of his joke.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    突とつ然ぜんの雨あめの拍ひょう子しに、人ひと々びとは慌あわてて建たて物もの中のなかに駆はしけ込りこんだ。

    At the moment of the sudden rain, people rushed into the building in a hurry.

    KMT9Daily LifeWeather & Geography

    Kanji that make up this word

    拍
    clap・beat (music)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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