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テルミン:一九二〇年、ロシアの物理学者レフ・セルゲイヴィッチ・テルミンが作った世界初の電子楽器。

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テルミン ロシア 物理 学者 レフ・セルゲイヴィッチ・テルミン 作った 世界初 電子 楽器

English Translation

Theremin: The world's first electronic musical instrument, made by Russian physicist Lev Sergeivitch Termen in 1920.

Furigana

テルミン:(いち)(きゅう)()(れい)(ねん)、ロシアの物理(ぶつり)学者(がくしゃ)レフ・セルゲイヴィッチ・テルミンが(つく)った世界初(せかいはつ)電子(でんし)楽器(がっき)

Romanji

Terumin ichi kyū ni rei nen, Roshia no butsuri gakusha refuserugeixitchiterumin ga tsukutta sekaihatsu no denshi gakki.

Words

テルミン (テルミン、テレミン)
theremin (electronic musical instrument)
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
露西亜 (ロシア、ロシヤ)
Russia
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
物理 (ぶつり)
physics; law of nature
学者 (がくしゃ)
scholar
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
世界初 (せかいはつ)
world-first
電子 (でんし)
electron; (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics
楽器 (がっき)
musical instrument

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: キュウ、 ク、 ここの、 ここの.つ
Meaning: nine
Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: キ、 うつわ
Meanings: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set