しょうせつ

小節

N3Noun

Noun

bar•measure

Noun

short pause (in writing)

Noun

petty principles•minor details

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Kanji Breakdown

Example Sentences

懐かしい１２小節(しょうせつ)のブルース。

There go the twelve bars blues.

Related Kanji

little, small

ショウ / ちい.さい

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

セツ / ふし

Other Readings

This kanji can also be read as:

こぶしundulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs