弦楽(げんがく)

げんがく
noun
string music
music
1. string music; music for stringed instruments
Music played on bowed stringed instruments such as the violin, viola, and cello. Used mainly in classical music, in the names of ensembles and works.
弦楽(げんがく)四重奏(しじゅうそう)を聴(き)く。
To listen to a string quartet.
大学(だいがく)では弦楽(げんがく)部(ぶ)でチェロを弾(ひ)いていた。
At university I played the cello in the string orchestra club.
結婚式(けっこんしき)では、弦楽(げんがく)の生演奏(なまえんそう)が会場(かいじょう)の雰囲気(ふんいき)を盛(も)り上(あ)げた。
At the wedding, live string music set the mood in the hall.

Common collocations

Watch out

Homophone of 減額(げんがく) (reduction in an amount of money). 管楽(かんがく) is the matching word for wind music (管楽器(かんがっき), wind instrument).

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Added 2026.10.17 22:43 · Revised 2026.10.17 22:45
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