singing voice; (sound of) singing
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
cheering song; supporters' song
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
old poem (esp. waka); old song
six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)
opera company; opera troupe; musical revue; operetta company; operetta troupe
background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
versification; tanka poetry
lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
great (waka) poet; immortal poet
kabuki play; kabuki drama
tanka appendage to a long poem
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
splendid tanka; splendid waka
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
excellent poem; famous poem
writing songs or poems; poem
singing and (string) music
anthem; carol; hymn of praise
poem (esp. tanka); song; pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; singing a poem or song in a loud voice
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha
woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
words mainly used in songs or poetry
selection of poems; selected poems
Okinawan fixed form poetry
god of waka; god of song; muse
singing at the top of one's voice
song collection; collection of lieder
popular song; folk song; ditty; ballad
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
popular singer; singer of pop songs
patriotic song; The Patriotic Song (e.g. Aegukga, national anthem of South Korea)
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
prefatory song or poem; opening song
quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
mood of a poem; poet's mood when writing
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)
adaptation of a famous poem
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
meaning of a song; meaning of a tanka
harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
song one likes to sing; (one's) favourite song
songbook; collection of songs
singing and playing the shō
poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
acrostic poem in which consecutive morae form the disguised name of an animal, plant, place, etc.
club song; organization song
form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
poetry style; poetry rules
lament; elegy; dirge; funeral song
kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards