Meaning of 拍子 in Japanese
Definition of 拍子
- (n) (musical) time; tempo; beat; rhythm
- the moment; the instance; chance
Words related to 拍子
- (n) counting time orally
- (n) triple time (music); 3 important requisites
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(n) beating time
聴衆は音楽に合わせて手拍子を打った。
The audience kept time to the music. - making a careless move (in Go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
- (n) duple meter; duple metre; duple time
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(n) wooden clappers
２．大根は拍子木に切る。
2. Cut the radishes into long sticks.
- (n) change of rhythm
- (n) quadruple time
- (n) time signature
- (n) beating time with one's foot
- (n) keeping time by tapping one's knees
