こまがく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
高麗楽
狛楽

Etymology

From 高麗(こま) (Koma) + (がく) (gaku).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がく [kòmáꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ma̠ɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

こまがく • (koma-gakuこまがく (komagaku)?

  1. (music) koma-gaku, music of Goguryeo Korean origin in the gagaku repertoire
    (a type of gagaku) Coordinate terms: 高麗楽 (koma-gaku), 唐楽 (tōgaku)
    (types of Korean music in the gagaku repertoire) Coordinate terms: 高麗楽 (koma-gaku), 新羅楽 (shiragi-gaku), 百済楽 (kudara-gaku)
    Hypernym: 三韓楽 (sankan-gaku)

Descendants

  • English: koma-gaku

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN