Etymology

ryūteki

Today it means: a transverse flute used in the gagaku music of Japan Full definition →

Japanese 龍笛
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from龍笛
  2. English todayryūteki

Borrowed from Japanese 龍笛 (ryūteki).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.