Word Meaning 挽歌

ばんか banka

挽歌 is read as ばんか (banka) and means elegy.

Meaning

English

  1. elegy
  2. funeral song

Reading

Kana

ばんか

Romaji

banka

Writing Variants

  • 輓歌 ばんか banka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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木挽き歌

こびきうた

sawyer's song

挽肉

ひきにく

minced meat

短歌

たんか

tanka

詩歌

しか

Japanese and Chinese poetry

うた

classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)

唱歌

しょうが

music class (at pre-WWII schools)

和歌

わか

waka

恋歌

こいか

love song

子守歌

こもりうた

lullaby

流行歌

りゅうこうか

popular song

賛歌

さんか

song of praise

演歌

えんか

troubadour