guqin (Chinese seven-stringed zither)

koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng / (colloquial) guzheng: a Chinese zither on which the koto was based

triumphant, proud / skilled

strong point / triumph / regular customer

a performance (of music); a recital

to play (an instrument) / to perform (a piece of music)

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

古: the past; ancient times