How to say 'Guitar' in Japanese | ギター

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The Japanese word for Guitar is 'Gitaa', written as ギター in Japanese.

word

ギター

Meaning

Guitar

Reading

Gitaa

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'ギター (gitaa)' refers to the musical instrument known as the guitar. It is a loanword from English, and it is used in the same context as in English, referring to both acoustic and electric guitars. For example: I play the guitar「私はギターを弾きます」(わたしはギターをひきます). He bought a new guitar「彼は新しいギターを買いました」(かれはあたらしいギターをかいました). The word is commonly used in music-related contexts and is easily understood by Japanese speakers.

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

1081

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ギター

This word contains 2 Katakana characters :

katakana

ギ

Reading

katakana

タ

Reading

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