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The Japanese word for drum is
ドラム

doramu



drum

Japanese Definition


drum
     1. 鼓, 太鼓



Translations for drum and their definitions

     1. n. generic name for musical instruments with a leather head that can be struck.
     2. n. a tsuzumi, hand drum with leather heads at both ends, used in Japanese traditional performing arts:
     3. n.    a 小鼓
     4. n.    an 大鼓
     5. n. a style of 家紋, like the leather head of a tsuzumi


太鼓
     1. n. (musical instruments) a drum
     2. n. more specifically, one of various sizes of traditional Japanese drums
     3. n. a drumbeat, the sound of a drum as a signal


ドラム
     1. n. (musical instrument) drum
     2. n. (musical instrument) drum set
           ドラムを叩く - to play the drums
     3. n. (architecture) drum (encircling wall that supports a dome)
     4. n. (rare units of measurement) dram; drachm


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Pronunciation


(doramu)

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