弾だん琴きん

noun

playing the koto; koto performance

Refers specifically to playing the koto (a traditional Japanese zither). A somewhat literary or formal term; in everyday speech, 琴を弾く is more common.

• 彼かの女じょの弾だん琴きんは聴きく人ひとの心こころを打うつ。

  Her koto playing moves the hearts of those who listen.

• 雅が楽がくの演えん奏そうでは、弾だん琴きんと舞まいが一いっ体たいとなる。

  In gagaku performances, koto playing and dance become one.