kouta (Heian-era court lady's song accompanying the men's ōuta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often a love ballad
old poem (esp. waka); old song
an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation; accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
singer; vocalist; amateur singer who records and uploads songs to online video platforms
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
popular song program on radio or television
children's song; nursery song
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets
singer; vocalist; nagauta singer (in kabuki); singer of noh chants
parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody
court song sung at religious services and celebratory events
old Kanto-area folk songs
one's song repertoire; songs one can sing
place that is often written about in waka poetry; oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
Ode to Joy (choral fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)
collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems
poem by the emperor or a member of the imperial family; poem; song
poem by the emperor or a member of the imperial family; poem; song
live singing; poor singing; bad singing
var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs
counting song; enumerative form (of waka)
funny song; comic song; limerick
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
folk songs; regional ballads
Japanese poem; waka; tanka
song performed while dancing; ballad
The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)
spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem
traditional Okinawan folk music
word mainly used in tanka; poetical word
katauta; ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern
Singin' in the Rain (1952 film and song)
utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them
utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them
action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game
Ringo no uta (1946 song; the first post-war hit song)
woman who entertains customers with song and dance
singing stream; karaoke stream
verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
sawyer's song (a traditional woodcutters' work song)
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
A Song of Ice and Fire (series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin)
first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)
sad song; singing in a lonesome tone
confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū); metaphorical form (of waka)
song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)
singer in a nagauta performance
overtone singing; throat singing
song sung behind the scenes
song sung behind the scenes
singing while playing (the guitar, piano, etc.); singing to one's own accompaniment
uta-sanshin (variety of Okinawan folk music); singing and playing the sanshin; vocals and sanshin
The Grass Is Singing (novel by Doris Lessing)