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    3. 歌人

    歌人

    歌か人じん

    poet (of tanka poems)

    KMT5News #9+1NounCulture & TraditionsLiteratureKanji Vocab16 strokes

    かじん

    Noun

    1.
    poet (of tanka poems)

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    彼かれは有ゆう名めいな歌か人じんです。

    He is a famous tanka poet.

    KMT3Culture & Traditions
    その歌か人じんは多おおくの美うつくしい歌うたを残のこした。

    That tanka poet left behind many beautiful poems.

    KMT5LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    歌か人じんは自し然ぜんの美うつくしさを歌うたに詠よんだ。

    Tanka poets composed poems about the beauty of nature.

    KMT6LiteratureNature & Environment
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには多おおくの無む名めいの歌か人じんの作さく品ひんが収おさめられている。

    The Manyoshu contains works by many anonymous tanka poets.

    KMT7LiteratureHistory
    歌か人じんの作さく品ひんは日に本ほんの古こ典てん文ぶん化かに深ふかく根ねざしている。

    The works of tanka poets are deeply rooted in classical Japanese culture.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    歌
    うた・うた.う…(1)
    song・sing
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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