笛|ふえfue[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
ちゃくchakuok
Definitions
  1. nounflute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet
  2. nounwhistle
    ゲームの開始かいしには笛ふえが吹ふかれる。↗
    A whistle is blown at the start of a game.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymホイッスルNeutralA loanword mostly for the referee's whistle in sports, as in 「試合終了のホイッスル」; 「笛」 is the everyday word for whistles in general.
  • Synonym呼び子よびこNeutralA whistle used to summon people — in the past often by police and guards — rather than a musical instrument; 「笛」 is the general term.

Flutes and whistles alike can be called 「笛」. For a referee's whistle in sports, use 「ホイッスル」 (e.g. 「試合終了のホイッスル」); for a whistle used to summon people, 「呼び子」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 管楽器かんがっきのうち、唇くちびるや振動しんどうを用もちいずに音おとを出だす器具きぐの一般的いっぱんてき名称めいしょう。主ぬしとしてリードを用もちいないものをいう。
  2. 横笛(よこぶえ)よこぶえ。1の内うち、横長よこながに構かまえて音おとを出だすもの。篳篥ひちりきなどに対たいしていう。
  3. 合図あいずのために息いきを吹き込ふきこんで音おとを出だす道具どうぐ。呼び子よびこ、ホイッスルなど。
  4. 汽笛きてき。
  5. のどぶえ。
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