He also created new Japanese words (based on Chinese characters) such as 'Kokyogaku, Kokyokyoku' (both meaning symphony), and gave a lecture on western music with Nobu KODA (a younger sister of Rohan), a musician who had come back to Japan after six-years' studying in Europe and America ('With western music and Ms. Koda').
ちなみに、訳語（和製漢語）の「交響楽、交響曲」をつくっており、6年間の欧米留学を終えた演奏家、幸田延（露伴の妹）と洋楽談義をした（「西楽と幸田氏と」）。