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    3. 歌会始

    歌会始

    歌うた会かいは始じめ

    Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading

    KMT10News #40+1NounCulture & TraditionsHistoryKanji Vocab28 strokes

    歌会始め

    うたかいはじめ

    Noun

    1.
    Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading, annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace

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    歌う会たか始いは毎じめは年まいとし行おこなわれる。

    The Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading is held every year.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    歌うた会かいは始じめの様よう子すがテレビで中ちゅう継けいされた。

    The Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading was broadcast live on TV.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    歌う会たか始いは、日じめは本にほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうする行ぎょう事じの一 つだ。

    The Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading is one of the events symbolizing traditional Japanese culture.

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    歌うた会かいは始じめでは、天てんの皇う陛へい下かや皇こう后ごう陛へい下かも和わ歌かを詠よまれる。

    At the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading, His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress also compose waka poems.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    歌うた会かいは始じめの歴れき史しは古ふるく、平へい安あん時じ代だいにまで遡までさかのぼる。

    The history of the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading is ancient, dating back to the Heian period.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    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)
    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
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