曲

Meaning

曲 centers on something that is not straight: a physical bend or curve, and by extension, a twisting of what is right into injustice or perversity. The music and melody senses come from the idea of a musical composition as a shaped, curved sequence of notes.

• 曲きょく
  N3

  composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)

• 楽曲がっきょく

  musical composition; tune

• 作曲さっきょく
  N3

  composition (of music); setting; writing music

• 新曲しんきょく

  new (musical) composition; new piece; new song

• 曲がるまがる
  N5

  to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist

• 名曲めいきょく
  N2

  famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

• 曲線きょくせん
  N2

  curve

• 全曲ぜんきょく

  all compositions; the entire composition

• 曲がりまがり

  curvature; warp; bend

• 協奏曲きょうそうきょく

  concerto

• 曲げるまげる
  N2

  to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl

• 組曲くみきょく

  suite

• 曲目きょくもく

  name of a piece of music; (musical) number

• 戯曲ぎきょく
  N1

  drama; play

• 湾曲わんきょく

  curve; bend; crook

• 交響曲こうきょうきょく
  N1

  symphony

• 歌曲かきょく

  melody; tune; song

• 序曲じょきょく

  overture; prelude

• 曲がり角まがりかど
  N1

  (street) corner; turn (in the road); bend

• 婉曲えんきょく
  N1

  euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

• 謡曲ようきょく

  noh song

• 曲折きょくせつ

  bending; winding; meandering; zigzagging

• 歌謡曲かようきょく
  N1

  kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era

• 一曲いっきょく

  tune (melody, piece of music)

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