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オーケストラ (ookesutora) Japanese meaning: orchestra | Kotomora

オーケストラ

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a large instrumental ensemble, especially one including strings, winds, brass, and percussion; also used in names such as 交響楽団 and オーケストラ.

彼かの女じょはプロのオーケストラでバイオリンを弾ひいている。

She plays violin in a professional orchestra.

今こん夜や、オーケストラのコンサートに行いく。

I'm going to an orchestra concert tonight.

Usage patterns

オーケストラを指し揮きするto conduct an orchestra
彼かれは世せ界かい的てきなオーケストラを指し揮きしている。
He conducts a world-renowned orchestra.
オーケストラで演えん奏そうするto play in an orchestra
彼かの女じょは大だい学がくのオーケストラでバイオリンを演えん奏そうしている。
She plays the violin in her university's orchestra.
オーケストラに入はいるto join an orchestra
高こう校こうでオーケストラに入はいって、チェロを始はじめた。
I joined the orchestra in high school and started playing the cello.
オーケストラの演えん奏そうを聴きくto listen to an orchestra's performance
週しゅう末まつにオーケストラの演えん奏そうを聴ききにコンサートホールへ行いった。
I went to the concert hall on the weekend to listen to an orchestra's performance.

Related words· 6

楽がく団だん
楽団 is a broader term for any musical group or band, while オーケストラ specifically refers to a full orchestral ensemble with strings, winds, brass, and percussion.
管かん弦げん楽がく団だん
管弦楽団 is the formal, native Japanese term for an orchestra often used in official ensemble names, whereas オーケストラ is the common everyday katakana word.
フィルハーモニー
オーケストラ is the general, everyday word for 'orchestra', while フィルハーモニー is a specific term that appears almost only inside the proper names of certain orchestras.
交こう響きょう楽がく団だん
オーケストラ is a general loanword for any orchestra, while 交響楽団 specifically implies a formally organized symphony orchestra, often part of a proper name.

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オケ
オーケストラ is the full, formal word for an orchestra, while オケ is its casual, clipped form used in everyday speech and informal contexts.
楽がく隊たい
オーケストラ specifically means a full symphony orchestra, whereas 楽隊 can refer to a smaller or more varied group like a brass or marching band.

Don't confuse with

管かん弦げん楽がく
オーケストラ is a loanword usually referring to the orchestra ensemble itself, whereas 管弦楽 is the more formal term for the orchestral music it plays.

Counted with

組くみN3
Used for groups/ensembles of people; in practice, オーケストラ is often counted with this.

Word family

オーケストラピット
orchestra pit
オーケストラボックス
orchestra pit
アマチュアオーケストラ
amateur orchestra
ストリングオーケストラ
string orchestra
シンフォニーオーケストラ
symphony orchestra

Etymology

Written in katakana as a foreign-style musical term; no language of origin is specified.