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    3. 短歌

    短歌

    短たん歌か

    tanka

    N1KMT5News #7+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsLiteratureKanji Vocab26 strokes

    たんかみじかうた

    Noun

    1.
    tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは短たん歌かを読よむのが好すきです。

    I like reading tanka.

    KMT4Literature
    短たん歌かは五ご七しち五ご七しち七しちの三さん十じゅう一いち文も字じで構こう成せいされる。

    Tanka consists of 31 syllables in a 5-7-5-7-7 pattern.

    KMT5LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには多おおくの優すぐれた短たん歌かが収おさめられている。

    Many excellent tanka are included in the Man'yōshū.

    KMT6LiteratureHistory
    短たん歌かは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かの一ひとつであり、今いまも多おおくの人ひとに親したしまれている。

    Tanka is one of Japan's traditional cultures and is still loved by many people.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    彼かれは現げん代だい短たん歌かの第だい一いち人にん者しゃとして知しられている。

    He is known as a leading figure in modern tanka.

    KMT7LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    歌
    うた・うた.う…(1)
    song・sing
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