音楽

おんがく · ongaku · JLPT N5 · noun

Music

🎵🎻 音楽 = sound (音) + enjoyment (楽): music is sound you enjoy

音 (on) means sound, as in 発音 (pronunciation). 楽 (gaku) means music or ease, and also reads raku/tano- as in 楽しい (fun). So ongaku is literally enjoyable sound. English borrowed the idea too: karaoke's oke is short for orchestra.

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