singing voice; (sound of) singing
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song
school song; college song; school anthem
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
cheering song; supporters' song
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
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)
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets
old poem (esp. waka); old song
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
opera company; opera troupe; musical revue; operetta company; operetta troupe
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)
six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern
background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)
lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
versification; tanka poetry
tanka appendage to a long poem
great (waka) poet; immortal poet
kabuki play; kabuki drama
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
splendid tanka; splendid waka
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
excellent poem; famous poem
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
anthem; carol; hymn of praise
writing songs or poems; poem
singing and (string) music
poem (esp. tanka); song; pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; singing a poem or song in a loud voice
pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties
Waka Office; government office responsible for compiling imperially commissioned anthologies of waka poetry
company song; corporate anthem
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
word mainly used in tanka; poetical word
selection of poems; selected poems
Okinawan fixed form poetry
god of waka; god of song; muse
singing at the top of one's voice
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
song collection; collection of lieder
popular song; folk song; ditty; ballad
popular singer; singer of pop songs
bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song
patriotic song; The Patriotic Song (e.g. Aegukga, national anthem of South Korea)
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
lyric songs; sentimental ballads
African American spiritual; Negro spiritual; black spiritual
prefatory song or poem; opening song
the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)
quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
spiritual (religious song)
mood of a poem; poet's mood when writing
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta)
adaptation of a famous poem
form of renku consisting of 24 verses
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
meaning of a song; meaning of a tanka
harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki
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
ballad found in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
kabuki-e; shibai-e; kabuki ukiyo-e print
singing and playing the shō
karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading
poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
form of renku consisting of 48 verses
student song; academic song
Wakayama Shin-ai University
acrostic poem in which consecutive morae form the disguised name of an animal, plant, place, etc.
Wakayama Medical University
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)
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Song of Everlasting Sorrow (poem by Bai Juyi); Song of Everlasting Regret; Chang Hen Ge
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
poetry style; poetry rules
Wakayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
kindergarten anthem; kindergarten song; nursery school anthem
lament; elegy; dirge; funeral song
kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards