フレーズ

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Meanings

General term for a short group of words or a set expression, similar to English 'phrase'.

In music, a short musical passage or unit, often corresponding to what can be sung in one breath.

フレーズを覚おぼえるto memorize a phrase
よく使つかうフレーズをいくつか覚おぼえた。
I memorized a few frequently used phrases.
フレーズを引いん用ようするto quote a phrase
スピーチで有ゆう名めいな映えい画がのフレーズを引いん用ようした。
He quoted a famous movie phrase in his speech.
〈事こと〉のフレーズを繰くり返かえすto repeat a musical phrase
この曲きょくは同おなじフレーズを何なん度ども繰くり返かえす。
This song repeats the same musical phrase many times.
フレーズを口くちにするto say a phrase aloud
彼かれは口くち癖ぐせのようにそのフレーズを口くちにする。
He says that phrase like a verbal tic.

表ひょう現げんN3sense 1
表現 is the broad word for any way of expressing something, while フレーズ specifically means a short set phrase or group of words.
言いい回まわしN1sense 1
言い回し is a native Japanese term for a particular turn of phrase or way of putting things, while フレーズ is the borrowed English word used more casually, especially for song lyrics or catchy expressions.
楽がっ句く sense 2
楽句 is the formal, technical term used in music theory for a musical phrase, while フレーズ is the everyday loanword musicians use for the same idea.
文もん句くN3
フレーズ is a borrowed, more neutral term for a phrase (e.g., in music or language), while 文句 often implies a fixed or notable set of words.

フレーム
フレーズ (phrase) and フレーム (frame) sound similar and are both loanwords, but フレーム refers to a frame or border, not a group of words or musical passage.

Borrowed from English 'phrase'.