band

Japanese: バンド

〘noun〙 (band) [1]① A flat string or belt made of leather or cloth. Also, something in the shape of a belt. A belt. ※Komo Zatsuwa (1787) 1 "Nose belt (abbreviated) The string is called a Neusband, where Neus is nose and band is a barbaric word for belt."② A belt worn around the waist in Western clothing. A belt. ※Shakai Hyakumenso (1902) (Uchida Roan) Film "Instead of a bandeau, they wore a net string of hibiscus - colored silk tied ostentatiously with a tassel ."③ A raised horizontal line added to the spine of a large-format cover in bookbinding and binding. It is a remnant of the part in Western books made of parchment or thick paper where each quire was bound together with hemp thread, and today it is attached with a small piece of cardboard as the core. ④ The frequency band of radio waves. ⑤ In mountaineering, a stepped area that wraps around the side of a cliff like a horizontal band. [Mountaineering Techniques (1939)] [2] A group of people. A group. Especially an orchestra. Usually an orchestra that plays light music. Also, the performance. ※Amerika Monogatari (1908) <Nagai Kafu> Suibin (Drunken Beauty) "Accompanied by the music (band) of the time"

band

〘 noun 〙 (bund) A pier. Especially used to describe an oriental port town. ※China Travelogue (1925) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Shanghai Travelogue "Walking along the Bund in Hankou"

band

〘Noun〙 ⇒Bound

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (band)[一]① 皮革・布などでつくった平たいひもや帯。また、帯状のもの。ベルト。※紅毛雑話（1787）一「鼻帯〈略〉其紐をノイスバンドといふ、ノイスは鼻、バンドは帯の蛮語なり」② 洋装で、腰に締める帯。ベルト。※社会百面相（1902）〈内田魯庵〉電影「鶸(ひわ)色絹の網紐をバンドウ代りに仰々しく房(ふっ)さりと締めてゐた」③ 製本・装丁で、大判の表紙の背につけられる横線の隆起。西欧の羊皮紙や厚手の紙を使った本で各折り丁を麻糸でからげとじにした部分の名残りで、今日ではボール紙の小片などを心にしてつける。④ 電波の周波数帯のこと。⑤ 登山で、岸壁の側面を横に帯のようにからんだ階段状の場所。〔登山技術（1939）〕[二] 一組の人々。一団。特に楽団。ふつう軽音楽演奏の楽団。また、その演奏。※あめりか物語（1908）〈永井荷風〉酔美人「折からの音楽(バンド)につれて」