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    歌会

    歌うた会かい

    poetry party

    KMT10News #47+1NounCulture & TraditionsLiteratureKanji Vocab20 strokes

    うたかいかかい

    Noun

    1.
    poetry party, tanka competition, gathering of tanka poets

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    歌うた会かいに参さん加かしました。

    I participated in a poetry party.

    KMT6Culture & Traditions
    毎まい年とし、宮きゅう中ちゅうで歌うた会かいは始じめが行おこなわれます。

    Every year, the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading (Utakai Hajime) is held at the Imperial Palace.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    歌うた会かいは、和わ歌かを通つうじて人ひと々びとの心こころを繋つなぐ伝でん統とう的てきな行ぎょう事じです。

    A poetry party is a traditional event that connects people's hearts through Waka poetry.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    昔むかしの貴き族ぞくたちは、歌うた会かいを開ひらいて互たがいの教おし養えを競きそい合あいました。

    Ancient nobles held poetry parties to compete in their cultural knowledge.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    現げん代だいでも、短たん歌か愛あい好こう家かたちが集 まって歌うた会かいを楽たのしむことがあります。

    Even today, Tanka enthusiasts sometimes gather to enjoy poetry parties.

    KMT10LiteratureDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    歌
    うた・うた.う…(1)
    song・sing
    会
    あ.う・あ.わせる・あつ.まる…(4)
    meeting・meet・party・association・interview…(1)
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