singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
poem (esp. tanka); song; pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; singing a poem or song in a loud voice
haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards