VocabJLPT N1
keyboard
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
This refers to a keyboard, specifically the set of keys on instruments like a piano or organ, or on devices like a computer or typewriter. The word literally combines the characters for "key" and "board/panel," and is used in both musical and technological contexts.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Emotions that can't be put into words take shape beneath my fingers on the keys.

Sentence 2

The memory of that mistake plays over and over on the keys.

Sentence 3

"Sand got into the keys," the child confessed.

Sentence 4

On a lazy afternoon, I pressed a few keys on an old organ just to see what it sounded like.

Sentence 5

The client has requested that we standardize the keyboard layout.