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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 歌 |
うた |
(n) song; poetry |
487 |
| 作詞 |
さくし |
(n,vs) song making |
631 |
| 歌手 |
かしゅ |
(n) singer |
767 |
| 歌う |
うたう |
(v5u) to sing |
1402 |
| 主題歌 |
しゅだいか |
(n) theme song |
1539 |
| 歌詞 |
かし |
(n) song lyrics; words of a song |
2406 |
| 歌謡 |
かよう |
(n) song; ballad |
3562 |
| 台詞 |
せりふ |
(n) speech; words; one's lines; remarks |
3965 |
| 歌合戦 |
うたがっせん |
(n) singing matches |
4515 |
| 歌劇 |
かげき |
(n) opera |
4862 |
| 歌舞伎 |
かぶき |
(n) kabuki; Japanese classical drama |
5032 |
| 動詞 |
どうし |
(n) verb |
5231 |
| 歌人 |
かじん |
(n) (Japanese) poet |
5312 |
| 国歌 |
こっか |
(n) national anthem |
5523 |
| 校歌 |
こうか |
(n) school song |
5639 |
| 歌唱 |
かしょう |
(n) song; singing |
5965 |
| 演歌 |
えんか |
(n) enka; modern Japanese ballad |
5990 |
| 名詞 |
めいし |
(n) noun |
6074 |
| 歌曲 |
かきょく |
(n) melody; tune; song |
6710 |
| 代名詞 |
だいめいし |
(n) pronoun |
7393 |
| 和歌 |
わか |
(n) 31 syllable poem |
7888 |
| 聖歌 |
せいか |
(n) hymn; chant; sacred song |
9438 |
| 形容詞 |
けいようし |
(n) "true" adjective |
9949 |
| 歌声 |
うたごえ |
(n) singing voice |
10628 |
| 唱歌 |
しょうか |
(n) singing; songs |
10628 |
| 短歌 |
たんか |
(n) tanka; 31-syllable Japanese poem |
11832 |
| 歌集 |
かしゅう |
(n) anthology; book of poetry |
11951 |
| 固有名詞 |
こゆうめいし |
(n) proper noun |
12116 |
| 替え歌 |
かえうた |
(n) parody (of a song) |
12385 |
| 助詞 |
じょし |
(n) (gram) particle; postposition |
12814 |
| 賛歌 |
さんか |
(n) praise; admiration |
14446 |
| 助動詞 |
じょどうし |
(n) auxiliary verb |
15219 |
| 讃歌 |
さんか |
(n) song of praise; eulogy; paean |
15627 |
| 連歌 |
れんが |
(n) early Japanese poetry form; poetic dialogue |
15823 |
| 歌姫 |
うたひめ |
(n) songstress |
16160 |
| 寮歌 |
りょうか |
(n) dormitory song |
16683 |
| 軍歌 |
ぐんか |
(n) war song |
17389 |
| 挽歌 |
ばんか |
(n) elegy; funeral song |
18052 |
| 恋歌 |
こいうた |
(n) love song; love poem |
18077 |
| 恋歌 |
こいか |
(n) love song; love poem |
18077 |
| 恋歌 |
れんか |
(n) love song; love poem |
18077 |
| 副詞 |
ふくし |
(n) adverb |
18127 |
| 歌仙 |
かせん |
(n) great poet |
18621 |
| 歌碑 |
かひ |
(n) tanka inscription |
18644 |
| 品詞 |
ひんし |
(n) part of speech |
18869 |
| 哀歌 |
あいか |
(n) lament (song); elegy; dirge; sad song |
19269 |
| 詩歌 |
しいか |
(n) Japanese (& Chinese) poetry |
19476 |
| 詩歌 |
しか |
(n) Japanese (& Chinese) poetry |
19476 |
| 歌合 |
うたあわせ |
(n) poetry contest |
20473 |
| 訳詞 |
やくし |
(n) translated text |
20551 |
| 前置詞 |
ぜんちし |
(n) preposition |
20676 |
| 分詞 |
ぶんし |
(n) participle |
21039 |
| 祝詞 |
しゅくし |
(n) Shinto ritual prayer |
21177 |
| 祝詞 |
のっと |
(n) Shinto ritual prayer |
21177 |
| 祝詞 |
のと |
(n) Shinto ritual prayer |
21177 |
| 祝詞 |
のりと |
(n) Shinto ritual prayer |
21177 |
| 牧歌 |
ぼっか |
(n) pastoral song or poem; a pastoral |
21277 |
| 定冠詞 |
ていかんし |
(n) definite article |
21446 |
| 地歌 |
じうた |
(n) a (style of) folk song |
21615 |
| 歌い上げる |
うたいあげる |
(v1) to sing at the top of one's voice; to express one's feelings fully in a poem |
21649 |
| 形容動詞 |
けいようどうし |
(n) adjectival noun; quasi-adjective |
22057 |
| 数詞 |
すうし |
(n) numeral |
23186 |
| 冠詞 |
かんし |
(n) (gram) article |
23460 |
| 接続詞 |
せつぞくし |
(n) conjunction |
24495 |
| 歌舞 |
かぶ |
(n) singing and dancing |
24777 |
| 狂歌 |
きょうか |
(n) comic (satirical) tanka |
24777 |
| 謳歌 |
おうか |
(n) glorification; eulogy; song of praise |
24915 |
| 歌壇 |
かだん |
(n) poetry circles |
25491 |
| 歌い手 |
うたいて |
(n) singer |
25630 |
| 凱歌 |
がいか |
(n) victory song; victory |
26080 |
| 歌道 |
かどう |
(n) versification; tanka poetry |
27433 |
| 悲歌 |
ひか |
(n) elegy; dirge; mournful melody |
27433 |
| 他動詞 |
たどうし |
(n) transitive verb (direct obj) |
27521 |
| 舟歌 |
ふなうた |
(n) sailor's song; boat song |
28300 |
| 歌会 |
うたかい |
(n) poetry party or competition |
28567 |
| 台詞回し |
せりふまわし |
(n) theatrical elocution |
28567 |
| 歌枕 |
うたまくら |
(n) oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry |
28780 |
| 鼻歌 |
はなうた |
(n) humming |
28975 |
| 自動詞 |
じどうし |
(n) intransitive verb (no direct obj) |
29190 |
| 枕詞 |
まくらことば |
(n) poetic epithet or convention |
29736 |
| 歌学 |
かがく |
(n) poetry; versification |
29851 |
| 作歌 |
さっか |
(n) writing songs or poems; poem |
29851 |
| 助数詞 |
じょすうし |
(n) counters for various categories; counter suffix |
29962 |
| 歌口 |
うたぐち |
(n) flute mouthpiece; poetic style |
30069 |
| 長歌 |
ちょうか |
(n) long epic song with shamisen accompaniment; type of waka |
30195 |
| 長歌 |
ながうた |
(n) long epic song with shamisen accompaniment; type of waka |
30195 |
| 賞詞 |
しょうし |
(n) (words of) praise; eulogy |
31527 |
| 歌謡曲 |
かようきょく |
(n) popular song |
31648 |
| 情歌 |
じょうか |
(n) love song |
31648 |
| 秀歌 |
しゅうか |
(n) splendid tanka or waka |
32216 |
| 掛詞 |
かけことば |
(n) pun; play on words |
32784 |
| 数え歌 |
かぞえうた |
(n) counting song |
33462 |
| 童歌 |
わらべうた |
(n) children's (folk) song |
33462 |
| 歌論 |
かろん |
(n) essay on tanka poetry |
34212 |
| 四面楚歌 |
しめんそか |
(n) be surrounded by enemies on all sides; be betrayed (forsaken) by everybody |
34580 |
| 連体詞 |
れんたいし |
(n) pre-noun adjectival |
35968 |
| 詞章 |
ししょう |
(n) poetry and prose |
36620 |
| 誓詞 |
せいし |
(n) vow; oath; pledge |
36620 |
| 詠歌 |
えいか |
(n) poem; song; (Budd.) pilgrim's song |
36884 |
| 間投詞 |
かんとうし |
(n) interjection |
37130 |
| 小歌 |
こうた |
(n) (from the Heian era onward) type of popular song, as opposed to courtly oouta |
38280 |
| 選歌 |
せんか |
(n) selection of poems; selected poems |
38588 |
| 東歌 |
とうか |
the old Kanto-area folk songs |
38888 |
| 賀詞 |
がし |
(n) congratulations; greetings |
39227 |
| 雑歌 |
ぞうか |
(n) miscellaneous poems |
39227 |
| 歌留多 |
かるた |
(pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta) |
39571 |
| 囃子詞 |
はやしことば |
(n) meaningless words in a song for rhythm |
40263 |
| 反歌 |
はんか |
(n) tanka appendage to a long poem |
41444 |
| 序詞 |
じょし |
(n) foreward; preface |
41904 |
| 御詠歌 |
ごえいか |
(n) song in praise of the Buddha |
42342 |
| 弔詞 |
ちょうし |
(n) message of condolence; memorial address |
42342 |
| 返歌 |
へんか |
(n) ode in reply |
42342 |
| 道歌 |
どうか |
(n) moral poem |
42893 |
| 歌書 |
かしょ |
(n) book of poems |
43447 |
| 歌聖 |
かせい |
(n) great poet |
43447 |
| 歌心 |
うたごころ |
(n) poetic sentiment |
44061 |
| 替歌 |
かえうた |
(n) parody (of a song) |
44061 |
| 詞華集 |
しかしゅう |
(n) anthology (of poems); florilegium |
44709 |
| 歌沢 |
うたざわ |
(n) type of Japanese music |
45436 |
| 歌詠み |
うたよみ |
(n) tanka composer |
46248 |
| 女房詞 |
にょうぼうことば |
(n) secret language of court ladies |
46248 |
| 大和歌 |
やまとうた |
(n) waka; tanka |
47205 |
| 鄙歌 |
ひなうた |
(n) folk song |
47205 |
| 歌稿 |
かこう |
(n) manuscript of poem |
48294 |
| 歌合わせ |
うたあわせ |
(n) poetry contest |
48294 |
| 弔歌 |
ちょうか |
(n) elegy; dirge |
48294 |
| 放歌 |
ほうか |
(n) loud singing |
48294 |
| 忌詞 |
いみことば |
(n) taboo word |
49657 |
| 懸詞 |
かけことば |
(n) pun; play on words |
49657 |
| 絃歌 |
げんか |
(n) singing and (string) music |
49657 |
| 組み歌 |
くみうた |
(n) medley of (Japanese) songs |
49657 |
| 俗歌 |
ぞっか |
(n) popular song; fold song; ditty; ballad |
49657 |
| 悲歌慷慨 |
ひかこうがい |
(n) indignant lamentation over the evils of the times |
49657 |
| ある動詞 |
あるどうし |
irregularly conjugating honorific verb (gozaru, etc.) |
51560 |
| アルト歌手 |
アルトかしゅ |
(n) alto (voice or singer) |
51560 |
| グレゴリオ聖歌 |
グレゴリオせいか |
(n) Gregorian chant |
51560 |
| 哀しい歌 |
かなしいうた |
doleful song; sad song |
51560 |
| 哀詞 |
あいし |
message of condolence |
51560 |
| 愛唱歌 |
あいしょうか |
(n) (one's) favourite song |
51560 |
| 一節歌う |
ひとふしうたう |
to sing a tune |
51560 |
| 一段動詞 |
いちだんどうし |
1-step (type II) verb |
51560 |
| 飲めや歌え |
のめやうたえ |
revelry |
51560 |
| 艶歌 |
えんか |
(n) troubadour |
51560 |
| 応援歌 |
おうえんか |
(n) rooters' song |
51560 |
| 可能動詞 |
かのうどうし |
(n) potential verb |
51560 |
| 歌い合う |
うたいあう |
(v5u) to sing responsively |
51560 |
| 歌の心 |
うたのこころ |
spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem |
51560 |
| 歌の道 |
うたのみち |
art of tanka poetry |
51560 |
| 歌会始め |
うたかいはじめ |
annual New Year's poetry reading |
51560 |
| 歌格 |
かかく |
(n) poetry style; poetry rules |
51560 |