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楽団 (がくだん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

楽がく団だん

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Meanings

1

orchestra; band; musical ensemble

A general noun for an organized group of musicians. It can refer to an orchestra or to a band, especially in compounds such as 交響楽団 or 吹奏楽団.

彼かの女じょは有ゆう名めいな楽がく団だんで

バイオリン

を

弾ひ

い

て

いる

。

She plays violin in a famous orchestra.

駅えき前まえの広ひろ場ばで楽がく団だんが演えん奏そうしていた。

A band was performing in the plaza in front of the station.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が楽がく団だんを結けっ成せいするfor someone to form a band/orchestra
彼かれは仲なか間まと楽がく団だんを結けっ成せいした。
He formed a band with his friends.
楽がく団だんに入はいるto join an orchestra/band
彼かの女じょは大だい学がくの楽がく団だんに入はいった。
She joined the university orchestra.
楽がく団だんを指し揮きするto conduct an orchestra/band
有ゆう名めいな指し揮き者しゃがこの楽がく団だんを指し揮きしている。
A famous conductor leads this orchestra.
楽がく団だんが演えん奏そうするfor an orchestra/band to perform
地じ元もとの楽がく団だんがホールで演えん奏そうする。
A local orchestra performs at the hall.

Kanji

楽music, comfort, ease
団group, association

Related words· 6

オーケストラN2
オーケストラ specifically evokes a Western-style symphony orchestra, while 楽団 is a broader term covering any organized group of musicians.
バンドN2
バンド usually means a small pop or jazz group, whereas 楽団 sounds more formal and institutional.
楽がく隊たい
楽隊 often implies a marching or military-style band, while 楽団 is the neutral, general word for any musical ensemble.
吹すい奏そう楽がく団だん
吹奏楽団 names a specific kind of 楽団, namely a wind or concert band, rather than musical groups in general.

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ブラスバンド
楽団 is a generic word for any musical band or orchestra, whereas ブラスバンド specifically denotes a brass-and-percussion ensemble.
アンサンブル
楽団 is a formal, organized musical group (like an orchestra), whereas アンサンブル often implies a smaller, looser group of performers.

Don't confuse with

管かん弦げん楽がく団だん
楽団 is a broader term that can refer to any musical band or ensemble, whereas 管弦楽団 specifically means a full (symphony) orchestra.

Counted with

組くみN3
Used for groups/sets of people; for an orchestra or band, 組 is the natural choice from this inventory.

Word family

楽がく団だん員いん
orchestra member; musician (in an orchestra)
交こう響きょう楽がく団だん
symphony orchestra
吹すい奏そう楽がく団だん
wind orchestra; wind band; brass band

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 楽 means music and 団 means group or troupe. The spelling transparently represents a group of musicians.

管かん弦げん楽がく団だん

orchestra