ドミナント

noun

dominant (music)

In music theory, refers to the fifth note of a scale or the chord built on it.

• この曲きょくはドミナントで終おわっているので、不ふ安あん定ていな感かんじが残のこる。

  This piece ends on the dominant, so it leaves an unsettled feeling.

noun

dominant person; overbearing personality

Describes a person who takes charge or has a strong, controlling personality; often used in psychology or everyday descriptions.

• 彼かれはグループの中なかでいつもドミナントな存そん在ざいだ。

  He is always the dominant figure in the group.

• 彼かの女じょのドミナントな性せい格かくが時とき々どき周まわりを疲つかれさせる。

  Her overbearing personality sometimes tires those around her.