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おんど
Meanings
Noun
1. lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead
2. folk song and dance performed by a group
3. leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
Alt. forms
音おん頭ど
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おんど
Pitch accent
お
んど
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)