"テンポ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞mpo̞] Forms: tenpo [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tempo. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|it|tempo|sort=てんぽ}} Italian tempo Head templates: {{ja-noun}} テンポ • (tenpo)
  1. pace; tempo; degree of progress
    Sense id: en-テンポ-ja-noun-H~DrgSnp Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 26 37 37
  2. (music) tempo
    Sense id: en-テンポ-ja-noun-jWVGchod Categories (other): Music, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 52 32 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 50 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 50 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 50 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 50 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 64 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 69 26 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (chess) tempo
    Sense id: en-テンポ-ja-noun-jWVGchod1 Categories (other): Chess, Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 26 37 37 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: テンポルバート (tenpo rubāto)
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Download raw JSONL data for テンポ meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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