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    3. 和歌

    和歌

    和わ歌か

    waka

    KMT6News #14+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsLiteratureKanji Vocab22 strokes

    倭歌

    わか

    Noun

    1.
    waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは和わ歌かを詠よむのが好すきです。

    He likes composing waka poems.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには多おおくの和わ歌かが収おさめられています。

    Many waka poems are collected in the Manyoshu.

    KMT6LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで、和わ歌かの表ひょう現げん技ぎ法ほうを学まなびました。

    In the classical literature class, I learned the expressive techniques of waka.

    KMT6LiteratureEducation
    和わ歌かは平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴ごぞ族く文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうする芸げい術じゅつ形けい式しきでした。

    Waka was an art form symbolizing the aristocratic culture of the Heian period.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistoryLiterature
    新しん年ねんの歌うた会かいは始じめでは、天てんの皇う陛へい下かが和わ歌かを詠よまれます。

    At the New Year's Imperial Poetry Reading, His Majesty the Emperor composes waka.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    和
    やわ.らぐ・やわ.らげる・なご.む・なご.やか・あ.える…(20)
    harmony・Japanese style・peace・soften・Japan
    歌
    うた・うた.う…(1)
    song・sing
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