天竺楽

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
じく
Jinmeiyō
がく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
天竺樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 天竺 (Tenjiku, India) +‎ (gaku, music).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んじくがく [tèńjíkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

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(てん)(じく)(がく) (tenjikugaku

  1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre that purportedly originated in India.
    Previously viewed as the same as (りん)(ゆう)(がく) (Rin'yūgaku), with differing theories about specific pieces. Some of the gagaku titles included in this category are:

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN