Baby - E

Japanese: 嬰 - えい

〘 noun 〙 [1] A newborn baby. Infant. Infant (Wamyo-sho , Twenty Volumes, around 934) [Gyokuhen] [2] A musical term. ① In Japanese music, one of the five tones is raised uniformly, that is, by a semitone. There are usually two, Infant Shang and Infant Feather. *Uta-Han-Shu-Jibu (around 1818-22) 2 "Infant Shang Infant Feather. <Omitted> Thinking about it now, Infant means a weak child, and is the same name as the name for the koto string, Shao Shang and Shao Feather. Origin unknown." ② In Western music, a word that indicates a semitone higher than a certain note. Sharp. Infant symbol. (Japanese-English-French-German Dictionary of Academic Terms of Physics (1888))

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Japanese:

〘名〙[一] 生まれたばかりの子。みどりご。嬰児(えいじ)。〔二十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕〔玉篇〕[二] 音楽用語。① 邦楽で、五声中の一音を一律、すなわち半音だけ高くしたもの。通常、嬰商、嬰羽の二つがある。※歌儛品目（1818‐22頃）二「嬰商嬰羽。〈略〉今按ずるに、嬰とは、幼弱の義にして、琴絃の名に、少商少羽と云に同き名なるや。出所未詳」② 洋楽で、ある音符に対して半音高いことを示す語。シャープ。嬰記号。〔物理学術語和英仏独対訳字書（1888）〕

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