東歌
Japanese edit
Examples (poem from the eastern regions of Japan) |
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Kanji in this term | |
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東 | 歌 |
あずま Grade: 2 |
うた Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 東 (azuma, “east, lands east of the imperial capital”) + 歌 (uta, “poem, song”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
東歌 • (azuma uta) ←あづまうた (adumauta)?
- (poetry, historical) poems from the eastern regions of Japan, especially those in the titular fourteenth volume of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū) or the twentieth volume of the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)
- an 東遊び (azuma asobi, literally “eastern entertainment”) song
- (poetry) a Kantō-style 狂歌 (kyōka, “comical tanka”)