楽譜

がくふ · gakufu · JLPT N1 · noun

music

🎼 楽 (music) + 譜 (notation) = music notation: the 'score' you read

楽 means music and 譜 means written notation or record. Together, 楽譜 is the written page of music, so 'gaku' (music) plus 'fu' (notation) gives score.

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