How to say "fanfare" in Japanese
- 鳴り物入りなりものいりnounThe figurative sense: a debut, launch, or appearance made with great ceremony and publicity, as though trumpets were sounding — a product launch, say. It is not the name of an actual musical piece.
- nounThe literal sense: an actual short trumpet flourish played at a ceremony or to open an event or welcome a guest. A less common loanword; it denotes the music itself, not figurative publicity.
Choose 「鳴り物入り」 for the figurative sense — a splashy, much-trumpeted debut or launch — and the loanword 「ファンファーレ」, which is less common, for the literal musical flourish of trumpets at a ceremony or event.
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