Music in Japanese

What would life be without music. We have put together a list of Japanese vocabularies around the topic of music and art. For even more Japanese vocabularies, take a look at our learning resources for Japanese at the end of the page.

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Music in Japanese
Music Instruments in Japanese
Culture in Japanese
Dancing in Japanese

Music in Japanese

English	Japanese
music in Japanese	音楽 (ongaku)
instrument in Japanese	楽器 (gakki)
dance in Japanese	ダンス (dansu)
opera in Japanese	オペラ (opera)
orchestra in Japanese	オーケストラ (ōkesutora)
concert in Japanese	コンサート (konsāto)
classical music in Japanese	クラシック音楽 (kurashikku ongaku)
pop in Japanese	ポップ (poppu)
jazz in Japanese	ジャズ (jazu)
blues in Japanese	ブルース (burūsu)
punk in Japanese	パンク (panku)
rock in Japanese	ロック (rokku)
lyrics in Japanese	歌詞 (kashi)
melody in Japanese	メロディ (merodi)
symphony in Japanese	シンフォニー (shinfonī)

Music Instruments in Japanese

English	Japanese
violin in Japanese	バイオリン (baiorin)
keyboard in Japanese	キーボード (kībōdo)
piano in Japanese	ピアノ (piano)
trumpet in Japanese	トランペット (toranpetto)
guitar in Japanese	ギター (gitā)
flute in Japanese	フルート (furūto)
cello in Japanese	チェロ (chero)
saxophone in Japanese	サクソフォン (sakusofon)
tuba in Japanese	チューバ (chūba)
organ in Japanese	オルガン (orugan)

Culture in Japanese

English	Japanese
theatre in Japanese	劇場 (gekijō)
stage in Japanese	ステージ (sutēji)
audience in Japanese	観客 (kankyaku)
painting in Japanese	絵画 (kaiga)
drawing in Japanese	描画 (byōga)
brush in Japanese	ブラシ (burashi)
cast in Japanese	キャスト (kyasuto)
play in Japanese	演劇 (engeki)
script in Japanese	台本 (daihon)

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Dancing in Japanese

English	Japanese
ballet in Japanese	バレエ (barē)
tango in Japanese	タンゴ (tango)
waltz in Japanese	ワルツ (warutsu)
salsa in Japanese	サルサ (sarusa)
samba in Japanese	サンバ (sanba)
rumba in Japanese	ルンバ (runba)
Ballroom dance in Japanese	社交ダンス (shakō dansu)
Latin dance in Japanese	ラテンダンス (raten dansu)

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