歌か曲きょく

か

きょ

く

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a musical piece with a vocal part, often used in contexts like classical art songs or composed vocal music, but can also mean a song in general.

彼かの女じょは美うつくしい歌か曲きょくを歌うたった。
She sang a beautiful song.
この歌か曲きょくはシューベルトの作さく品ひんです。
This song is a work by Schubert.

See all 11 example sentences ›

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が歌か曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくするfor someone to compose a song/art song
その作さっ曲きょく家かは多おおくの歌か曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくした。
The composer wrote many art songs.
歌か曲きょくを歌うたうto sing a song (esp. an art song)
彼かの女じょはドイツ語ごの歌か曲きょくを美うつくしく歌うたった。
She sang the German art song beautifully.

Kanji

歌song, sing
曲bend, music, melody

Related words

歌うたN5
歌 is the everyday, general word for 'song', while 歌曲 is a more formal term usually reserved for composed art songs or classical vocal pieces.
曲きょくN3
曲 covers any musical piece, vocal or instrumental, whereas 歌曲 specifically denotes a piece with a sung vocal line.
楽がっ曲きょく
楽曲 is a broad, formal term for a musical composition of any kind, while 歌曲 narrows this to compositions with lyrics meant to be sung.
歌か謡ようN2
歌謡 tends to refer to popular or traditional sung music (like 歌謡曲), while 歌曲 leans toward classical or art-song repertoire.
リート
歌曲 is the general Japanese term for any art song, while リート refers specifically to the German Romantic-era lied.

Don't confuse with

戯ぎ曲きょくN1
歌曲 means a sung musical piece, while 戯曲 means a stage play or drama script, despite sharing the character 曲.

Word family

歌か曲きょく集しゅう
song collection; collection of lieder

Etymology

Compound of 歌 (ka, 'song') and 曲 (kyoku, 'musical piece'). The reading is on'yomi, reflecting its Sino-Japanese origin.