Word Meaning 俚謡

りよう riyou

俚謡 is read as りよう (riyou) and means ballad.

Meaning

English

  1. ballad
  2. folk song
  3. popular song

Reading

Kana

りよう

Romaji

riyou

Writing Variants

  • 里謡 りよう riyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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民謡

みんよう

folk song

うたい

noh chanting

歌謡

かよう

song

童謡

どうよう

children's song

地謡

じうたい

noh chorus

歌謡曲

かようきょく

(Western) pop song

謡曲

ようきょく

noh song

日本歌謡芸術協会

にっぽんかようげいじゅつきょうかい

Japan Popular Music Writers Association

地謡前

じうたいまえ

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

地謡座前

じうたいざまえ

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

民謡音階

みんようおんかい

folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

地謡座

じうたいざ

noh chorus seating area