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.
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.