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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 曲 |
きょく |
(n,n-suf) tune; piece of music |
158 |
| 作曲 |
さっきょく |
(n,vs) composition; setting (of music) |
257 |
| 歌 |
うた |
(n) song; poetry |
487 |
| 歌手 |
かしゅ |
(n) singer |
767 |
| 編曲 |
へんきょく |
(n,vs) arrangement |
877 |
| 楽曲 |
がっきょく |
(n) musical composition; tune |
1267 |
| 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 |
| 協奏曲 |
きょうそうきょく |
(n) concerto |
2776 |
| 歌謡 |
かよう |
(n) song; ballad |
3562 |
| 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 |
| 歌人 |
かじん |
(n) (Japanese) poet |
5312 |
| 曲線 |
きょくせん |
(n) curve |
5430 |
| 国歌 |
こっか |
(n) national anthem |
5523 |
| 校歌 |
こうか |
(n) school song |
5639 |
| 組曲 |
くみきょく |
(n) musical suite; musical selection |
5853 |
| 歌唱 |
かしょう |
(n) song; singing |
5965 |
| 演歌 |
えんか |
(n) enka; modern Japanese ballad |
5990 |
| 交響曲 |
こうきょうきょく |
(n) symphony |
6332 |
| 民謡 |
みんよう |
(n) folk song; popular song |
6440 |
| 歌曲 |
かきょく |
(n) melody; tune; song |
6710 |
| 戯曲 |
ぎきょく |
(n) play; drama |
6799 |
| 行進曲 |
こうしんきょく |
(n) a march |
7511 |
| 和歌 |
わか |
(n) 31 syllable poem |
7888 |
| 全曲 |
ぜんきょく |
(n) all compositions; the entire composition |
8160 |
| 曲がる |
まがる |
(v5r) to turn; to bend |
8166 |
| 曲名 |
きょくめい |
(n) song title(s) |
8431 |
| 名曲 |
めいきょく |
(n) famous music |
8560 |
| 序曲 |
じょきょく |
(n) overture; prelude |
8759 |
| 新曲 |
しんきょく |
(n) new piece; new song |
9377 |
| 聖歌 |
せいか |
(n) hymn; chant; sacred song |
9438 |
| 童謡 |
どうよう |
(n) children's song; nursery rhyme |
9518 |
| 曲目 |
きょくもく |
(n) program; musical selection; tunes |
9638 |
| 変奏曲 |
へんそうきょく |
(n) variation (music) |
9791 |
| 選曲 |
せんきょく |
(n) chosen song |
9998 |
| 歌声 |
うたごえ |
(n) singing voice |
10628 |
| 唱歌 |
しょうか |
(n) singing; songs |
10628 |
| 曲げる |
まげる |
(v1) to bend; to crook; to lean |
10707 |
| 短歌 |
たんか |
(n) tanka; 31-syllable Japanese poem |
11832 |
| 歌集 |
かしゅう |
(n) anthology; book of poetry |
11951 |
| 替え歌 |
かえうた |
(n) parody (of a song) |
12385 |
| 幻想曲 |
げんそうきょく |
(n) fantasy; fantasia |
12620 |
| 舞曲 |
ぶきょく |
(n) musical dance; music and dancing |
13313 |
| 曲調 |
きょくちょう |
(n) melody; tune |
13648 |
| 曲面 |
きょくめん |
(n) curved surface |
14243 |
| 賛歌 |
さんか |
(n) praise; admiration |
14446 |
| 箏曲 |
そうきょく |
(n) koto music |
15239 |
| 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 |
| 紆余曲折 |
うよきょくせつ |
(n) turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes |
15865 |
| 歌姫 |
うたひめ |
(n) songstress |
16160 |
| 寮歌 |
りょうか |
(n) dormitory song |
16683 |
| 湾曲 |
わんきょく |
(n) curve |
16929 |
| 夜想曲 |
やそうきょく |
(n) nocturne |
17259 |
| 軍歌 |
ぐんか |
(n) war song |
17389 |
| 浪曲 |
ろうきょく |
(n) recitation of stories accompanied by samisen (called naniwabushi ) |
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 |
| 歌仙 |
かせん |
(n) great poet |
18621 |
| 歌碑 |
かひ |
(n) tanka inscription |
18644 |
| 狂詩曲 |
きょうしきょく |
(n) rhapsody |
18673 |
| 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 |
| 屈曲 |
くっきょく |
(n) be crooked; bent; indented |
20128 |
| 歪曲 |
わいきょく |
(n) torture; distortion; falsification; perversion |
20360 |
| 歌合 |
うたあわせ |
(n) poetry contest |
20473 |
| 牧歌 |
ぼっか |
(n) pastoral song or poem; a pastoral |
21277 |
| 地歌 |
じうた |
(n) a (style of) folk song |
21615 |
| 謡 |
うたい |
(n) Noh chanting; recitation |
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 |
| 終曲 |
しゅうきょく |
(n) finale |
23295 |
| 双曲線 |
そうきょくせん |
(n) hyperbolic curve; hyperbola |
23686 |
| 夜曲 |
やきょく |
(n) nocturne |
23799 |
| 曲芸 |
きょくげい |
(n) acrobatics |
23966 |
| 謡曲 |
ようきょく |
(n) Noh song |
24495 |
| 折り曲げる |
おりまげる |
(v1) to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double |
24627 |
| 歌舞 |
かぶ |
(n) singing and dancing |
24777 |
| 狂歌 |
きょうか |
(n) comic (satirical) tanka |
24777 |
| 折れ曲がる |
おれまがる |
(v5r) to bend back and forth |
24915 |
| 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 |
| 狂想曲 |
きょうそうきょく |
(n) rhapsody |
25767 |
| 小曲 |
しょうきょく |
(n) short piece of music |
25767 |
| 凱歌 |
がいか |
(n) victory song; victory |
26080 |
| 円舞曲 |
えんぶきょく |
(n) waltz (composition) |
26240 |
| 曲がり角 |
まがりかど |
(n) street corner; road turn |
26991 |
| 曲解 |
きょっかい |
(n) misconstruction; distortion |
26991 |
| 音曲 |
おんぎょく |
(n) songs with samisen accomp.; musical performance |
27241 |
| 曲がりくねる |
まがりくねる |
(v5r,vi) to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag |
27330 |
| 歌道 |
かどう |
(n) versification; tanka poetry |
27433 |
| 悲歌 |
ひか |
(n) elegy; dirge; mournful melody |
27433 |
| 謡う |
うたう |
(v5u) to sing |
27617 |
| 難曲 |
なんきょく |
(n) difficult musical piece |
28200 |
| 舟歌 |
ふなうた |
(n) sailor's song; boat song |
28300 |
| 曲技 |
きょくぎ |
(n) acrobatic feats |
28391 |
| 婉曲 |
えんきょく |
(adj-na,n) euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect; insinuating |
28487 |
| 歌会 |
うたかい |
(n) poetry party or competition |
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 |
| 歌学 |
かがく |
(n) poetry; versification |
29851 |
| 作歌 |
さっか |
(n) writing songs or poems; poem |
29851 |
| 地謡 |
じうたい |
(n) Noh chorus |
29851 |
| 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 |
| 歌謡曲 |
かようきょく |
(n) popular song |
31648 |
| 情歌 |
じょうか |
(n) love song |
31648 |
| 褶曲 |
しゅうきょく |
(n,vs) bend; geologic fold |
31648 |
| 曲折 |
きょくせつ |
(n) windings; meanderings; complications |
32076 |
| 秀歌 |
しゅうか |
(n) splendid tanka or waka |
32216 |
| 曲尺 |
かねざし |
(n) common Japanese foot; carpenter's square; regular shaku (approx 12 in) |
32648 |
| 曲尺 |
かねじゃく |
(n) common Japanese foot; carpenter's square; regular shaku (approx 12 in) |
32648 |
| 曲尺 |
きょくしゃく |
(n) common Japanese foot; carpenter's square; regular shaku (approx 12 in) |
32648 |
| 曲者 |
くせもの |
(n) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow |
32784 |
| 小夜曲 |
さよきょく |
(n) a serenade |
33111 |
| 数え歌 |
かぞえうた |
(n) counting song |
33462 |
| 俗謡 |
ぞくよう |
(n) popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty |
33462 |
| 童歌 |
わらべうた |
(n) children's (folk) song |
33462 |
| 曲射 |
きょくしゃ |
(n) high-angle fire (mil) |
33830 |
| 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 |
| 三曲 |
さんきょく |
(n) instrumental trio |
35357 |
| 曲がりなりにも |
まがりなりにも |
(adv) though imperfect; somehow |
36620 |
| 詠歌 |
えいか |
(n) poem; song; (Budd.) pilgrim's song |
36884 |
| 奏鳴曲 |
そうめいきょく |
(n) sonata |
37405 |
| 彎曲 |
わんきょく |
(n) curve; crook; bend |
37405 |
| 曲馬 |
きょくば |
(n) circus; equestrian feats |
38280 |
| 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 |
| 秘曲 |
ひきょく |
(n) secret music |
38588 |
| 東歌 |
とうか |
the old Kanto-area folk songs |
38888 |
| 雑歌 |
ぞうか |
(n) miscellaneous poems |
39227 |
| 歌留多 |
かるた |
(pt:) (n) playing cards (pt: carta) |
39571 |
| 俗曲 |
ぞっきょく |
(n) folk song; ballad |
40263 |
| 反歌 |
はんか |
(n) tanka appendage to a long poem |
41444 |
| 曲玉 |
まがたま |
(n) (ancient) comma-shaped jewels |
41904 |
| 曲直 |
きょくちょく |
(n) merits (of a case); right or wrong |
42342 |
| 御詠歌 |
ごえいか |
(n) song in praise of the Buddha |
42342 |
| 返歌 |
へんか |
(n) ode in reply |
42342 |
| 曲り角 |
まがりかど |
(n) a corner; bend in the road; turning point |
42893 |
| 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 |