[うた, uta] (n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P) #610
[ざ, za] (n, n-suf) (1) seat; place; position; (2) status; (3) gathering; group; (4) stand; pedestal; platform; (5) (historical) trade guild; (suf) (6) attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations; (suf, ctr) (7) (See 里神楽) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (P) #1135
[しゅ, shu] (ctr) counter for songs and poems #2551
[おんど, ondo] (n) (1) (See 音頭を取る・おんどをとる) leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes; (2) workmen's songs; marching songs; (P) #11688
[うたひめ, utahime] (n) songstress; diva; (P) #17130
[しょうせつ, shousetsu] (n) (1) undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; (2) unit of timber measurement #19194
[しょうか, shouka] (n, vs) singing; songs; (P) #19428
[chikurusu ; tsuikurusu] (n) cycle (e.g. of songs) (ger
[おんぎょく, ongyoku] (n) songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
[うたがき, utagaki] (n) (arch) gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan
[がか, gaka] (n) Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
[きゅうえい, kyuuei] (n) ancient poems; ancient songs
[きょくじゅん, kyokujun] (n) order in which songs, etc. are played
[あいのてをいれる, ainotewoireru] (exp, v1) to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
[さっか, sakka] (n, vs) writing songs or poems; poem
[ざつげい;ぞうげい, zatsugei ; zougei] (n) (1) (See 猿楽・さるがく・1) various form of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetery, sarugaku acrobatics performance); (2) (See 歌謡) miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period
[しきょう, shikyou] (n) (See 五経) the Shijing (Shih Ching) or Book of Odes (Songs, Poems) - one of the Five Classics
[しふ, shifu] (n) (See 賦, 詩・し) songs and poems; Chinese poetry
[てすさび, tesusabi] (n) plaything; play; playing; gambling; (for children) hand games (usu. in conjnction with songs)
[しょうかしゅう, shoukashuu] (n) songbook; collection of songs
[てりはきょうげん, terihakyougen] (n) type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
[ふきよせ, fukiyose] (n) medley (of food, songs, etc.)
[くみうた, kumiuta] (n) var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs
[そうにゅうか, sounyuuka] (n) background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
[おおのり(大乗り);おおノリ(大ノリ), oonori ( dai nori ); oo nori ( dai nori )] (n, adv) (1) excitedly; (2) type of rhythm for noh songs
[とりおい, torioi] (n) (1) driving off birds; (2) procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; (3) female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; (4) street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
[とうか, touka] (n) the old Kanto-area folk songs
[りゅうこうかしゅ, ryuukoukashu] (n) popular singer; singer of pop songs
[ろうどうか, roudouka] (n) songs of labor; songs of labour