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    3. 長唄

    長唄

    長なが唄うた

    long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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    ながうた

    Noun

    1.
    long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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    長なが唄うたは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう音おん楽がくです。

    Nagauta is a traditional Japanese music.

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    歌か舞ぶ伎きの舞ぶ台たいで長なが唄うたが演えん奏そうされるのを初はじめて見みました。

    I saw nagauta being performed on a Kabuki stage for the first time.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    長なが唄うたは三しゃみ味せ線んお音ん楽がくの一いっ種しゅで、江え戸ど時じ代だいに発はっ展てんした古こ典てん芸げい能のうです。

    Nagauta is a type of shamisen music, a classical performing art that developed during the Edo period.

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    彼かの女じょは長なが唄うたの師し匠しょうに弟で子し入いりし、厳きびしい稽けい古こに励はげんでいます。

    She became an apprentice to a nagauta master and is diligently practicing.

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    長なが唄うたの歌か詞しには、日に本ほんの四し季きや人にん情じょうが豊ゆたかに表ひょう現げんされています。

    The lyrics of nagauta richly express Japan's four seasons and human emotions.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    長
    なが.い・おさ…(8)
    long・leader・superior・senior
    唄
    うた・うた.う…(1)
    song・ballad
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