General term for brass wind instruments, especially trumpet-like ones. Often used in compounds like ラッパ手 (trumpeter) or ラッパの音 (sound of a horn).
He is good at playing the trumpet.
I heard the sound of a horn from afar.
trumpeter; bugler
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Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 喇叭 is rare.
Kanji form, rarely used in modern writing.
Hiragana spelling, less common than katakana.
The word ラッパ is thought to derive from the Chinese word 喇叭 (lǎba), which also means trumpet or horn. The exact historical path into Japanese is uncertain.