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奏でる (かなでる, kanaderu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 奏でる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 奏かな でる 奏かな でない Polite 奏かな でます 奏かな でません Past polite 奏かな でました 奏かな でませんでした Past 奏かな でた 奏かな でなかった Te-form 奏かな でて 奏かな でないで Desire 奏かな でたい 奏かな でたくない Potential 奏かな でられる also 奏かな でれる 奏かな でられない also 奏かな でれない Passive 奏かな でられる 奏かな でられない Causative 奏かな でさせる 奏かな でさせない Causative passive 奏かな でさせられる 奏かな でさせられない Volitional 奏かな でよう Polite volitional 奏かな でましょう Imperative 奏かな でろ 奏かな でるな Conditional 奏かな でれば 奏かな でなければ Tara conditional 奏かな でたら 奏かな でなかったら
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She played the violin beautifully.
In the quiet night, someone is playing the piano.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 奏かな でる to play (esp. a string instrument) with a graceful, expressive touch
The girl played the violin beautifully.
〈 物もの 〉 が 美うつく しい 音おと を 奏かな でる for something (often nature) to produce a beautiful, music-like sound
The little stream is making a beautiful sound.
Expressions 奏かな で 合あ う play in harmony; harmonize (with); match musically Kanji 奏 play music, speak to a ruler, complete Transitive / intransitive 奏でる is normally transitive, as in バイオリンを奏でる (to play the violin), but in older, now obsolete usage it could also be intransitive, meaning simply 'to dance,' a sense replaced today by 踊る.
Related words 弾く is the everyday verb for playing string instruments or piano, while 奏でる is a more literary word that highlights the graceful sound produced.
演奏する is the neutral, formal term for performing music of any kind, whereas 奏でる is poetic and used less technically.
吹く is the plain, everyday verb for playing a wind instrument, while 奏でる is a more literary or formal word for playing music in general.
Written forms 奏かな でる Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading かなでる is unambiguous.
かなでる Usage 5%
Etymology Derived from the classical verb 奏づ (かなづ), which originally meant 'to play music' or 'to perform'. The modern form 奏でる developed through regular sound changes.
