勅撰和歌集

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょく
Grade: S
せん
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
しゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon kan'on
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Etymology

勅撰 (chokusen, imperial compilation) +‎ 和歌 (waka, classical Japanese poem) +‎ (shū, collection).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちょく)(せん)()()(しゅう) (chokusen wakashūちよくせんわかしふ (tyokusen'wakasifu)?

  1. an anthology of poetry commissioned by order of an Emperor of Japan
    Synonym: 勅撰集 (chokusenshū)
    Antonym: 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū)

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN