Kanji
Readingびょう
Frequency4%
Used in (14 in total)
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
triple time; three important requisites
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
beating time with one's foot
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern; 3-3-7 beat
duple meter; duple metre; duple time
counting time orally
irregular time; irregular metre
wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper
clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)
keeping time by tapping one's knees