song, ballad

Radicals

Common words

• 長唄【ながうた】
  long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
• 子守唄【こもりうた】
  lullaby
• 小唄【こうた】
  kouta, traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
• 地唄【じうた】
  (style of) folk song