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    3. 詠む

    詠む

    詠よむ​

    to compose (a Japanese poem)

    KMT10News #35+1CoreVerb, TransitiveLiteratureKanji Vocab15 strokes

    よむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to compose (a Japanese poem), to write, to use as the theme of a poem
    2.
    to recite (e.g. a poem), to chant, to intone

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    彼かれは美うつくしい歌うたを詠よんだ。

    He composed a beautiful poem.

    KMT8Literature
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには多おおくの恋こいの歌うたが詠よまれている。

    Many love poems are composed in the Manyoshu.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    古こ人じんは自し然ぜんの美うつくしさを題だい材ざいに多おおくの和わ歌かを詠よんだ。

    Ancient people composed many waka poems on the theme of nature's beauty.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    この詩し人じんは、人じん生せいの喜よろこびと悲かなしみを詠よむことに長ながけている。

    This poet is skilled at composing poems about the joys and sorrows of life.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは旅たびの途と中ちゅうで見みた風ふう景けいを心こころに留とどめ、後のちに俳 句 を詠よんだ。

    He kept the scenery he saw during his journey in his heart and later composed a haiku.

    KMT10LiteratureTravel & Transportation

    Characters that make up this word

    詠
    よ.む・うた.う…(4)
    recitation・poem・song・composing
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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