短歌
たんか みじかうた
- tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem n
Kanji
短
タン
みじか.い
short; brevity; fault; defect; weak point
歌
カ
うた • うた.う
song; sing
Synonyms
長歌
ちょうか ながうた
- traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven n
- long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) n