短歌

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Chinese

lack; short song
simp. and trad.
(短歌)

Pronunciation


Noun

短歌

  1. ballad
  2. (Japanese) tanka

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)() (tanka

  1. tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN