詠 – Kanji details

compose a poem

say

eternity

aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem

この歌うたは千せん年ねん以い上じょう前まえに詠よまれた。

This poem was composed more than a thousand years ago.

祖そ母ぼは趣しゅ味みで歌うたを詠よんでいる。

My grandmother composes tanka as a hobby.

平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは、よく歌うたを詠よんだ。

Heian-period aristocrats often composed poems.

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