Keyword
play music
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1693
Readings
そう
(86%)
かな
(13%)
Composed of
three people
heaven
Mnemonic

With a band of only three people (a guitarist, a bass, and a drummer) you can play music and send your audience to heaven!

(The "tree people" are on the top since they're on a raised stage and the audience is below them.)

Used in kanji (2 in total)
piece together
???
Used in vocabulary (101 in total)
musical performance
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to succeed; to bear fruit
report to the emperor
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
(musical) accompaniment
instrumentalist; player
report to the Emperor
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
performing musician
performer; player
live music or performance
wind music; wind instrument music
prelude; overture
success; achievement; fruition
report to the throne
instrumental quartet
instrumental ensemble
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
interlude; intermezzo
musical performance
to succeed; to bear fruit
(instrumental) solo; recital
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
to succeed; to bear fruit
playing (a wind instrument); blowing
playing (instrument); playing method; touch
to join in a (musical) performance
delivering a message to the emperor
instrumental quintet
performance; playing on stringed instruments
reporting to the Emperor
(playing a) variation
improvisation (usu. musical); impromptu performance
petitioning the Emperor
introduction
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
report to the throne
solo (musical work)
interlude; intermezzo
secret report to the emperor
to match; to harmonize with (also feelings, aroma, etc.)
trying out a musical instrument (e.g. in a store); test-playing
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
cellist; violoncellist
report to the throne
instrumental sextet
player of a wind instrument
direct report to the throne
wayō gassō; mixed orchestra using Japanese and Western instruments
musical program; musical programme
chamber concerto; concerto di camera
direct appeal to the throne by the military
concert version (of an opera or musical); concert staging
instrumental duet; two-part ensemble
musical symbols; musical symbol; musical notation
playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
jazz musician; jazzman
performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments
report of an official's offence to the emperor (offense)
articulation mark; articulation marking
reporting to the emperor
bowed stringed instrument
confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation
recommendation to the throne
slandering (someone) when reporting to the Emperor
Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)
Examples (67 in total)
I don't think that his performance was any good.
He is playing music.
The audience reacted in different ways to her performance.