作曲 (さっきょく) Meaning & Kanji Breakdown — "composition" | Shibashi Japanese Kanji Mnemonics

さっきょく

作曲

N

COMPOSITION (of music)

さく作 • MAKE

きょく曲 • MUSIC

When you make (作) music (曲), you are doing musical composition.

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Kanji Inside 作曲 (composition)

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作る V

つくる

作品 N

さくひん

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition), piece, production, opus, work e.g. book, composition

作業 N

さぎょう

work, operation, task

作家 N

さっか

author, writer, novelist, artist

作物 N

さくもつ

crop, crops, (agricultural) produce, farm products, agricultural produce

曲がる V

まがる

to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist