奏でる

かなでる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to play an instrument (esp. string instruments)
2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to dance

Kanji

• 奏 play music. Read as かなでる.

Example sentences

• その盲目のピアニストが奏でる曲は、私の心にずっしりと響いた。
  The song played by that blind pianist really moved me.
• 風鈴が奏でる涼やかな音は日本の夏の風物詩の一つだが、近年ではただの騒音と捉える人も増えている。
  The clear and refreshing sound of the wind chimes is one of the characteristics of summers in Japan, but in recent years the number of people who perceive it merely as noise has been increasing.
• トムがヴィオラをメアリーがチェロを奏でています。
  Tom plays the viola, and Mary plays the cello.

Common phrases

• 音楽を奏でる
• 音を奏でる
• ハーモニーを奏でる
• メロディーを奏でる
• 音色を奏でる
• 楽器を奏でる
• 曲を奏でる
• リズムを奏でる

Words containing 奏でる

• 奏で合う (かなであう) to match

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