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マーチ (maachi) Japanese meaning: march | Kotomora

マーチ

マ

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チ

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Meanings

1

Music term for a march, especially a piece with a clear marching rhythm; 行進曲 is the more direct Japanese equivalent.

See also: 行進曲

吹すい奏そう楽がく部ぶが軽けい快かいなマーチ

Usage patterns

マーチが流ながれるa march (tune) plays
式しき場じょうに軍ぐん隊たいのマーチが流ながれていた。
A military march was playing in the ceremony hall.
マーチに合あわせて行

Related words

行こう進しん曲きょく sense 1
行進曲 is the standard Japanese term for a musical march, while マーチ is the katakana loanword version with a more casual, imported feel.
三さん月がつN5sense 2
3月 is the everyday Japanese way to write and say the month of March, while マーチ is a katakana rendering of the English name rarely used outside stylized contexts.

Word family

を

演えん

奏そう

し

た

。

The wind band performed a lively march.

2

March; the month of March

Katakana rendering of the English month name; ordinary Japanese normally uses 3月 or 三月.

See also: 三月

英えい語ごの授じゅ業ぎょうで、3月がつはマーチと習ならった。
In English class, I learned that March is called 'March.'

こう

進しん

する

to march in time to a march tune

生せい徒とたちはマーチに合あわせて行こう進しんした。

The students marched in time to the march music.

デスマーチ

death march · death march; crunch (software development)

ミリタリーマーチ

military march

ウェディングマーチ

wedding march

フューネラルマーチ

funeral march

Etymology

Only the katakana form マーチ. It corresponds in use to English 'march' and 'March', but no language-of-origin details are specified.