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歌

song
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingカ
Kun readingうた、うた.う
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. songRtK
    私は流行歌にはほとんど全く興味がない。I have little, if any, interest in popular songs.tatoeba
    今様歌謡の集成。It was a corpus of imayo (popular style of song in Heian period) songs.wiki
  2. sing
  1. singing
  2. classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)
  3. modern poetry

Synonyms

ソング短歌

Popular Usage

歌う歌手歌謡

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cancan · can · mouth (口) · street (行) · nail · spike · lack · yawn

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 508

Compound words

歌ううたう
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
歌手かしゅ
singer
歌謡かよう
song; ballad
歌川広重うたがわひろしげ
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), ukiyo-e master known for landscape prints such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
演歌えんか
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour
歌曲かきょく
melody; tune; song
歌劇かげき
opera
歌詞かし
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
歌集かしゅう
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
歌唱かしょう
song; singing
歌人かじん
poet (of tanka poems)
歌姫うたひめ
songstress; diva
校歌こうか
school song; college song; school anthem
国歌こっか
national anthem
賛歌さんか
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
唱歌しょうか
singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
短歌たんか
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
和歌わか
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
詩歌しいか
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
歌合うたあわせ
poetry contest
歌声うたごえ
singing voice; (sound of) singing
歌舞伎かぶき
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
歌謡曲かようきょく
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
子守歌こもりうた
lullaby

On Reading Examples

私はその歌の歌詞を思い出すことができない。かし
I cannot recall the words of the song.tatoeba
私はこの歌を歌詞無しで歌える。かし
I can sing this song without the text.tatoeba
その歌はどんな歌詞ですか？かし
How does that song go?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は非常に表情豊かにその曲を歌った。
He sang the song with great expression.tatoeba
彼は彼女の美貌と歌をほめた。
He praised her beauty and her singing.tatoeba
彼は日本で有名な流行歌手です。
He's a famous popular singer in Japan.tatoeba
彼は日本でもっとも有名な歌手の一人だ。
He is one of the most famous singers in Japan.tatoeba
無念の念を念として 歌うも舞うも法のこえ
If you live peacefully every day without persisting, your deeds lead straight to Buddhism and save others.wiki
このことから、須磨子は日本初の歌う女優となった。
Thus, Sumako became the first Japanese actress who could sing.wiki
女は歌謡や売春を行っていた。
Women sing and work as prostitutes in the performance.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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