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歌 kanji
song, sing
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
カ
Kun readings
うたうたう
Words with 歌
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3歌手Popularsinger
- N2歌謡Popularsong; ballad
- N1短歌Populartanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
- —演歌Popularenka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
- —歌曲Popularmelody; tune; song
- —歌劇Popularopera
- —歌詞Popularsong lyrics; words of a song; libretto
- —歌集Popularcollection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
- —歌唱Popularsong; singing
- —歌人Popularpoet (of tanka poems)
- —校歌Popularschool song; college song; school anthem
- —国歌Popularnational anthem
- —賛歌Popularsong of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
- —唱歌Popularsinging; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
- —和歌Popularwaka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
- —詩歌PopularJapanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
- —歌舞伎Popularkabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
- —歌謡曲Popularkayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
- —流行歌Popularpopular song; hit song
- —哀歌lament (song); elegy; dirge; sad song; Lamentations (book of the Bible)