鼓

Meaning

鼓 centers on the drum as an instrument and the action of striking it: beating a drum, rousing energy, or mustering people together through rhythm.

• 太鼓たいこ
  N2

  drum

• 鼓動こどう

  beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

• 鼓舞こぶ

  encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

• 鼓つづみ

  hand drum

• 鼓膜こまく

  eardrum; tympanic membrane

• 太鼓判たいこばん

  large seal; large stamp

• 舌鼓したつづみ

  smacking one's lips (over food)

• 鼓笛隊こてきたい

  drum and fife band

• 大太鼓おおだいこ

  large drum; bass drum

• かかり太鼓かかりだいこ

  war drum

• でんでん太鼓でんでんだいこ

  pellet drum (used as a children's toy); rattle drum

• 一番太鼓いちばんだいこ

  beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

• 一鼓いっこ

  the first beat of the war drum

• 三の鼓さんのつづみ

  hourglass drum used in Nara-period court music

• 三鼓さんこ

  the three types of gagaku drums

• 下鼓室動脈かこしつどうみゃく

  inferior tympanic artery

• 初鼓はつづつみ

  traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima

• 勇を鼓すゆうをこす

  to screw up one's courage; to take heart

• 和太鼓わだいこ

  Japanese drum

• 大太鼓だだいこ

  dadaiko drum; large drum used for outdoor bugaku and gagaku performances

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