弦げん

noun

bowstring

Specifically the string of a bow, as in archery or a violin bow.

• 弓ゆみの弦げんを張はり替かえる。

  I restring the bow.

noun

string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

Used for strings of traditional Japanese instruments like the shamisen, koto, or biwa. Can also refer to the instrument itself by metonymy.

See also: 絃

• 三味線しゃみせんの弦げんが切きれた。

  A string on the shamisen broke.

• 彼かれは弦げんを奏かなでるのが上手じょうずだ。

  He is good at playing stringed instruments.

noun

chord (geometry)

Mathematical term for a line segment connecting two points on a curve. Domain-specific use.

• 円えんの弦げんの長ながさを計けい算さんする。

  Calculate the length of the chord of the circle.

noun

hypotenuse (rare)

Rare geometric term for the hypotenuse of a right triangle. More commonly called 斜辺 (しゃへん).

See also: 斜辺

• 直ちょっ角かく三さん角かく形けいの弦げんは斜しゃ辺へんとも呼よばれる。

  The hypotenuse of a right triangle is also called 斜辺.