胡こ弓きゅう

noun

kokyū; Japanese bowed lute

A traditional Japanese bowed string instrument with three or four strings, distinct from the shamisen or koto.

• 胡こ弓きゅうは三味線しゃみせんに似にているが、弓ゆみで弾ひく楽がっ器きだ。

  The kokyū resembles the shamisen but is played with a bow.

• 彼かの女じょは胡こ弓きゅうの演えん奏そうを習ならっている。

  She is learning to play the kokyū.

noun

Asian bowed string instrument

Broadly refers to any Asian string instrument played with a bow, such as the Chinese erhu or the Mongolian morin khuur. In modern Japanese, 胡弓 usually refers specifically to the Japanese instrument (sense 1).

• 胡こ弓きゅうという言こと葉ばは、かつてアジアの様さま々ざまな擦さつ弦げん楽がっ器きを指さした。

  The word kokyū once referred to various Asian bowed string instruments.