奏でる

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to play an instrument (esp. string instruments)
2. v1vi
   to dance

Example sentences

• もしも、音楽が愛の糧であるならば、奏で続けよ。

  If music be the food of love, play on.

• その盲目のピアニストが奏でる曲は、私の心にずっしりと響いた。

  The song played by that blind pianist really moved me.

• 風鈴が奏でる涼やかな音は日本の夏の風物詩の一つだが、近年ではただの騒音と捉える人も増えている。

  The clear and refreshing sound of the wind chimes is one of the characteristics of summers in Japan, but in recent years the number of people who perceive it merely as noise has been increasing.