Related words 奏そう 者しゃ 奏者 is a more formal and general term for 'player' or 'performer' of any instrument, while 弾き is a casual suffix limited to stringed and keyboard instruments.
弾ひ く 弾く is the verb 'to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)'; 弾き is the nominalized suffix form used in compounds.
Word family· 10 singing to one's own accompaniment; vocal performance with self-accompaniment
shamisen accompanist for dance practice · shamisen accompaniment for dance practice
player; performer
string instrument; stringed instrument
trick playing (on a stringed instrument)
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first playing of an instrument in the New Year
worthiness as an opponent; challenge
singing while playing an instrument; singing to one's own accompaniment
pluck the strings; strum
Etymology Derived from the continuative form (連用形 ) of the verb 弾く (ひく , 'to play a stringed or keyboard instrument').
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