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歌 : Song

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Components:
哥欠

song, sing

On 'yomi:
カ(ka)
Kun 'yomi:
うた(uta) うた.う(uta.u)
Strokes:14
Radical:欠 (76)
Usage Rating:519
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:06b4c
jis208:18-46
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歌 Usage examples

田植え歌(たうえうた)
田植歌(たうえうた)
rice-planting song
流行り歌(はやりうた)
流行歌(はやりうた)
popular song
紅白歌合戦(こうはくうたがっせん)Red and White singing contest
頌歌(しょうか)anthem, carol, hymn of praise
歌い物(うたいもの)utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
歌合戦(うたがっせん)singing matches
歌の心(うたのこころ)spirit of a poem, true meaning of a poem
歌の道(うたのみち)art of tanka poetry
売れっ子歌手(うれっこかしゅ)popular singer
かつ飲みかつ歌う(かつのみかつうたう)
且つ飲み且つ歌う(かつのみかつうたう)
to drink and sing at the same time, to drink as well as sing
弦歌(げんか)
絃歌(げんか)
singing and (string) music
鼻歌混じりで働く(はなうたまじりではたらく)to work while humming a tune
一節歌う(ひとふしうたう)to sing a tune
大歌(おおうた)Heian period court song
歌劇場(かげきじょう)opera house
新人歌手(しんじんかしゅ)new singer
白鳥の歌(はくちょうのうた)swan song
春歌(しゅんか)bawdy (lewd) song
アルト歌手(アルトかしゅ)alto (voice or singer)
グレゴリオ聖歌(グレゴリオせいか)Gregorian chant
歌いまくる(うたいまくる)
歌い捲る(うたいまくる)
to sing energetically, to sing with abandon
空で歌う(そらでうたう)
そらで歌う(そらでうたう)
to sing from memory
歌物(うたもの)accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)
詩歌管弦(しいかかんげん)Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music, poetry and music, literature and music
歌舞音曲(かぶおんきょく)public music and dancing, performance of song and dance entertainment
歌舞伎者(かぶきもの)dandy, peacock, early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza, Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior
本歌(もとうた)original verse poem
譚歌(たんか)ballad
歌舞伎座(かぶきざ)Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo), kabuki theater (theatre)
俳諧の連歌(はいかいのれんが)haikai (humorous or vulgar renga poetry)
流行歌手(りゅうこうかしゅ)popular singer, singer of pop songs
歌ガルタ(うたがるた)
歌加留多(うたがるた)
card-matching game played with these cards
挿入歌(そうにゅうか)background music, (movie or commercial) soundtrack, featured songs
演歌歌手(えんかかしゅ)Enka singer, singer of Japanese traditional ballads
歌番組(うたばんぐみ)popular song program on radio or television
ど演歌(ドえんか)
ド演歌(ドえんか)
quintessential enka, enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody