song, sing

Radicals

Common 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
• 短歌【たんか】
  tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
• 歌人【かじん】
  poet (of tanka poems)
• 歌劇【かげき】
  opera
• 歌集【かしゅう】
  collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook
• 歌曲【かきょく】
  melody, tune, song
• 演歌【えんか】
  enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
• 国歌【こっか】
  national anthem
• 和歌【わか】
  waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
• 歌謡【かよう】
  song, ballad
• 歌唱【かしょう】
  song, singing
• 歌謡曲【かようきょく】
  kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
• 詩歌【しいか】
  Japanese and Chinese poetry, poetry, poems
• 校歌【こうか】
  school song
• 歌合【うたあわせ】
  poetry contest
• 鼻歌【はなうた】
  humming, crooning
• 賛歌【さんか】
  song of praise, eulogy, paean, hymn