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電気ギター (でんきギター) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気きギター

also: エレキギター

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Meanings

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electric guitar

Standard term for an electric guitar, as opposed to an acoustic guitar (アコースティックギター).

彼かれは新あたらしい電でん気きギターを買かった。
He bought a new electric guitar.

電でん気きギターの音おとが好すきだ。

I like the sound of electric guitars.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

アコースティックギター
Acoustic guitar, as opposed to electric.
エレキギター
Common abbreviation of 電気ギター; same meaning but more casual and widely used.

Built from

電でん気き+ギター

Written forms

電でん気きギター
Standard kanji-katakana compound for 'electric guitar'.
エレキギター
Very common abbreviation; often used in everyday speech and product names.

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electricity) and ギター (guitar), a direct calque of English 'electric guitar'.