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Breakdown of ongaku
sound
音
Every day when you stand up and look at the sun, a horrible sound emerges—like a rooster’s cry gone horribly wrong.
comfort
楽
Usages of ongaku
山田 さん は 音楽 が 大好き です から、 毎日 カラオケ を します。yamada san ha ongaku ga daisuki desu kara, mainiti karaoke wo simasu.
Mr. Yamada does karaoke every day, because he loves music.
「趣味 は 何 です か。」 「散歩したり、 音楽 を 聞いたり するの が 好き です。」「syumi ha nan desu ka.」 「sanpositari, ongaku wo kiitari suruno ga suki desu.」
A: What are your hobbies? B: I like walking and listening to music (and so on).
音楽 で リラックスした。ongaku de rirakkususita.
I relaxed because of the music.
どんな 音楽 が 好き です か。donna ongaku ga suki desu ka.
What kind of music do you like?
音楽 を 変えて ください。ongaku wo kaete kudasai.
Please change the music.
彼女 は 音楽 の センス が ある。kanozyo ha ongaku no sensu ga aru.
She has a (good) sense of music.
彼女 は 古い 時代 の 音楽 が 好き です。kanozyo ha hurui zidai no ongaku ga suki desu.
She likes music from the old days.
音楽 を 聞きながら 勉強します。ongaku wo kikinagara benkyousimasu.
I study while listening to music.
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