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バージナル Japanese meaning | Kotomora

バージナル

also: ヴァージナル

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

virginal (musical instrument)

Refers to the small keyboard instrument popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Often used in historical music contexts.

バージナルはチェンバロに似にた小こ型がたの鍵けん盤ばん楽がっ器きです。
The virginal is a small keyboard instrument similar to the harpsichord.
彼かの女じょはバージナルの演えん奏そうを専せん門もんにしている。
She specializes in playing the virginal.

Similar words

チェンバロ
Harpsichord; a larger and more common plucked keyboard instrument. The virginal is a smaller, often rectangular variant.
クラヴィコード
Clavichord; another early keyboard instrument, but with a different mechanism (tangent striking strings) and softer sound.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'virginal', ultimately from Latin 'virginalis' (of a virgin). The instrument's name may derive from its association with young women or its delicate sound.