調ちょう琴きん

noun

playing the koto

Refers specifically to the act of playing the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument. This is a relatively specialized term.

• 彼かの女じょは調ちょう琴きんの名めい手しゅだ。

  She is a master of playing the koto.

• 調ちょう琴きんを習ならい始はじめて三さん年ねんになる。

  It has been three years since I started learning to play the koto.