響き

Meaning

1. n
   echo; reverberation
2. n
   sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
3. n
   quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

Example sentences

• 彼の声に多少怒りの響きがあった。

  There was a suggestion of anger in his voice.

• 彼のピアノ演奏はすばらしい響きがした。

  His piano playing sounded fantastic.

• しかし大洋を越え、新たな、ロマンティックな響きのある国に行って、まさしく以前と同じ状態になることなど彼女は思ってもいなかった。

  But she had not expected to cross an ocean, enter a new and romantic-sounding country, and find herself in exactly the same position.