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    3. 鼓

    鼓

    鼓つづみ

    hand drum

    KMT10News #28+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab13 strokes

    つづみ

    Noun

    1.
    hand drum

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは鼓つづみを叩たたいた。

    He beat the hand drum.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    能のう楽がくでは、鼓つづみが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

    In Noh theater, the hand drum plays an important role.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    鼓つづみの音ね色いろは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう音おん楽がくに深ふかみと情じょう緒ちょを与あたえる。

    The timbre of the hand drum gives depth and emotion to traditional Japanese music.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    鼓つづみの演えん奏そうは、指ゆびの繊せん細さいな動うごきと体からだの重じゅう心しん移い動どうが求もとめられる。

    Playing the hand drum requires delicate finger movements and shifts in body weight.

    KMT10Music & Entertainment
    祭まつりでは、太たい鼓こや鼓つづみの音おとが響ひびき渡わたり、人ひと々びとの心こころを高こう揚ようさせる。

    At festivals, the sounds of taiko drums and hand drums resonate, uplifting people's spirits.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    鼓
    つづみ…(1)
    drum・beat・rouse・muster
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