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gagaku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gagaku
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese origin

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 雅楽 (gagaku), from Middle Chinese 雅樂 (MC ngaeX ngaewk, “ancient ceremonial music”). Doublet of aak and yayue.

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Questions

What does gagaku mean?
the ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese origin
Where does gagaku come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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