Word Meaning 凱歌

がいか gaika

凱歌 is read as がいか (gaika) and means victory song.

Meaning

English

  1. victory song
  2. victory

Reading

Kana

がいか

Romaji

gaika

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

凱旋

がいせん

triumphant return

詩歌

しか

Japanese and Chinese poetry

唱歌

しょうが

music class (at pre-WWII schools)

聖歌

せいか

hymn

紡ぎ歌

つむぎうた

spinning song

応援歌

おうえんか

cheering song

葬送歌

そうそうか

dirge

笙歌

せいか

singing and playing the shō

頌歌

しょうか

anthem

俳諧の連歌

はいかいのれんが

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

黒人霊歌

こくじんれいか

Negro spiritual

踏歌

とうか

type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)

Example Sentences

3

せんしゅたちはがいかをあげた。

The players raised a victory song.

チームはついにがいかをかなでた。

The team finally played a song of victory.

へいしたちはがいかをうたいながらすすんだ。

The soldiers marched forward singing a victory song.