Japanese music; traditional Japanese music
Refers to traditional Japanese music, especially court music (gagaku) and other classical genres. Often contrasted with Western music (洋楽).
He is interested in traditional Japanese music.
和楽と洋楽の違いについて話し合った。
We discussed the differences between Japanese and Western music.
traditional Japanese musical instrument
Compound of 和 (wa, 'Japanese') and 楽 (gaku, 'music'). The reading わがく follows standard on'yomi.