There are 55 total results for your tanka search.
Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丹花 see styles |
tanka たんか |
More info & calligraphy: Red Flower |
歌 see styles |
gē ge1 ko kasumi かすみ |
song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]; to sing (1) song; (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) modern poetry; (personal name) Kasumi To sing; a song; translit. ka; cf. 迦, 羯. |
蜑 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan ama あま |
Tanka people (1) male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); (2) fisherman |
一首 see styles |
isshu いっしゅ |
one tanka; one poem |
丹過 see styles |
tanka たんか |
(place-name) Tanka |
倭歌 see styles |
waka わか |
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae; Japanese poem; waka; tanka; (female given name) Waka |
初句 see styles |
chū jù chu1 ju4 ch`u chü chu chü shoku しょく |
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem) the first phrase |
単価 see styles |
tanka たんか |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) unit price; unit cost |
単果 see styles |
tanka たんか |
simple fruit |
反歌 see styles |
hanka はんか |
tanka appendage to a long poem |
名吟 see styles |
meigin / megin めいぎん |
(1) excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem; (2) superb rendition of a poem |
和歌 see styles |
hé gē he2 ge1 ho ko waka わか |
waka (style of Japanese poetry) waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae; (surname, female given name) Waka |
啖呵 see styles |
tanka たんか |
caustic words |
夷曲 see styles |
hinaburi ひなぶり |
(1) appearing rustic; (2) ancient song played at the court; (3) comical tanka |
懐紙 see styles |
kaishi; futokorogami かいし; ふところがみ |
(1) paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); (2) paper used for writing tanka |
担架 see styles |
tanka たんか |
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney |
歌人 see styles |
kajin かじん |
poet (of tanka poems); (personal name) Kato |
歌会 see styles |
utakai; kakai うたかい; かかい |
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets |
歌意 see styles |
kai かい |
(1) meaning of a song; (2) meaning of a tanka |
歌誌 see styles |
kashi かし |
(See 短歌) tanka magazine |
歌語 see styles |
kago かご |
(See 歌ことば) word mainly used in tanka; poetical word |
歌論 see styles |
karon かろん |
essay on tanka poetry; (female given name) Karon |
歌道 see styles |
kadou / kado かどう |
versification; tanka poetry |
淡窩 see styles |
tanka たんか |
(given name) Tanka |
炭化 see styles |
tanka たんか |
(n,vs,vi) carbonization; carbonisation |
狂歌 see styles |
kyouka / kyoka きょうか |
comic (satirical) tanka |
発句 see styles |
hokku ほっく |
(1) (See 揚げ句・あげく・2) first 17-syllable verse of a renga; (2) haiku; (3) first five-syllable line of a tanka; (place-name) Bokku |
短歌 see styles |
duǎn gē duan3 ge1 tuan ko tanka(p); mijikauta たんか(P); みじかうた |
ballad (See 長歌・ちょうか・1) tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem |
秀歌 see styles |
shuuka / shuka しゅうか |
splendid tanka; splendid waka; (female given name) Hideka |
蜑家 see styles |
dàn jiā dan4 jia1 tan chia |
Tanka, boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, and Zhejiang provinces |
詠歌 see styles |
eika; eiga / eka; ega えいか; えいが |
(1) poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song; (2) {Buddh} (See 御詠歌) pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; (3) singing a poem or song in a loud voice |
譚歌 see styles |
tanka たんか |
ballad |
大和歌 see styles |
yamatouta / yamatota やまとうた |
Japanese poem; waka; tanka |
天明調 see styles |
tenmeichou / tenmecho てんめいちょう |
(1) (See 天明・2,蕉風) style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); (2) (See 狂歌) style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) |
夷振り see styles |
hinaburi ひなぶり |
(1) appearing rustic; (2) ancient song played at the court; (3) comical tanka |
歌の道 see styles |
utanomichi うたのみち |
art of tanka poetry |
歌詠み see styles |
utayomi うたよみ |
tanka composer |
見立て see styles |
mitate みたて |
(1) choice; selection; (2) diagnosis; medical opinion; (3) judgement; opinion; estimation; (4) comparison (in haiku, tanka, etc.); likening |
言の葉 see styles |
kotonoha; kotonoe ことのは; ことのえ |
(1) (archaism) word; (2) (See 和歌) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka) |
鄙振り see styles |
hinaburi ひなぶり |
(1) appearing rustic; (2) ancient song played at the court; (3) comical tanka |
タンカー see styles |
tankaa / tanka タンカー |
tanker |
みだれ髪 see styles |
midaregami みだれがみ |
(work) Midaregami (collection of tanka by Akiko Yosano); (wk) Midaregami (collection of tanka by Akiko Yosano) |
三十一文字 see styles |
misohitomoji; sanjuuichimoji(sk); misojihitomoji(sk) / misohitomoji; sanjuichimoji(sk); misojihitomoji(sk) みそひともじ; さんじゅういちもじ(sk); みそじひともじ(sk) |
(See 短歌) tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem |
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tanmin たんみん |
Tanka people (of southern China) |
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yamatouta / yamatota やまとうた |
(See 唐歌) Japanese poem; waka; tanka |
シンク・タンカー see styles |
shinku tankaa / shinku tanka シンク・タンカー |
think tanker |
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waka わか |
(See 短歌) waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae |
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utakaihajime うたかいはじめ |
Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace |
マンモス・タンカー see styles |
manmosu tankaa / manmosu tanka マンモス・タンカー |
mammoth tanker |
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hinaburi ひなぶり |
(1) appearing rustic; (2) ancient song played at the court; (3) (See 狂歌) comical tanka |
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uta うた |
(1) (歌, 唄 only) (esp. 唄 for folk songs and shamisen songs) song; singing; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry |
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utakotoba うたことば |
(See 歌語) word mainly used in tanka; poetical word |
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waka わか |
(See 短歌) waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae |
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shinkutankaa; shinku tankaa / shinkutanka; shinku tanka シンクタンカー; シンク・タンカー |
think tanker |
Variations: |
manmosutankaa; manmosu tankaa / manmosutanka; manmosu tanka マンモスタンカー; マンモス・タンカー |
mammoth tanker |
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