Word Meaning 歌語

かご kago

歌語 is read as かご (kago) and means word mainly used in tanka.

Meaning

English

word mainly used in tanka
poetical word

Reading

Kana

かご

Romaji

kago

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 119241 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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歌物語

うたものがたり

collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems

歌

うた

classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)

歌手

かしゅ

singer

歌う

うたう

to sing

歌会

かかい

poetry party

歌人

かじん

poet (of tanka poems)

歌集

かしゅう

songbook

歌い上げる

うたいあげる

to express one's feelings fully in a poem

歌い手

うたいて

singer

歌会始

うたかいはじめ

Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading

歌心

うたごころ

(waka) poetic sentiment

歌人

うたびと

(skilled) tanka poet

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