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五音音階 (ごおんおんかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

五ご音おん音おん階かい

ご

お

ん

お

ん

か

い

Meanings

1

pentatonic scale

A musical scale with five notes per octave, common in traditional Japanese and other world music.

日に本ほんの民みん謡よう

に

は

五ご

音おん

音おん

階かい

が

よく

使つか

わ

れ

て

いる

。

Pentatonic scales are often used in Japanese folk songs.

Kanji

五five
音sound, noise
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Etymology

Compound of 五 (go, 'five'), 音 (on, 'note'), and 音階 (onkai, 'musical scale'). The term directly describes a five-note scale.