古今和歌集

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Japanese

Examples
年の内に春は来にけりひととせをこぞとやいはむことしとやいはむ
toshi no uchi ni haru wa kinikeri hitotose o kozo to ya iwan kotoshi to ya iwan
Within this year spring has come; should this one year be called “last year” or “this year”?
ちはやぶる賀茂の社の姫小松万代経とも色はかはらじ
chihayaburu Kamo-no-yashiro no hime-komatsu yorozuyo fu to mo iro wa kawaraji
Let the white pines at the famous Kamo Shrine never change their color for eternity.


Kanji in this term
古 今 和 歌 集
こ
Grade: 2 		きん
Grade: 2 		わ
Grade: 3 		か
Grade: 2 		しゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon kan'on
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Etymology

From 古今 (kokin, “ancient and modern”) +‎ 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) +‎ 集 (shū, “collection”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Kokin Wakashū) ←こきんわかしふ (Kokin Wakasifu)?

  1. the first of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 905-914 CE
    Synonyms: 古今 (Kokin), 古今集 (Kokinshū)
    Hypernym: 八代集 (Hachidaishū)

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See also

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