歌

live singing

poor singing; bad singing

(US) state song

Internet slang

singing stream; karaoke stream

uta-sanshin (variety of Okinawan folk music)

singing and playing the sanshin; vocals and sanshin

student song; academic song

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Song of Everlasting Sorrow (poem by Bai Juyi); Song of Everlasting Regret; Chang Hen Ge

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

Usu. as 〜で or 〜に

humming a tune (while doing something else)

to start singing

to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song

to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre)

Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)

catchphrase; promotional line; slogan

Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)

opera singer

enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads

singer; vocalist

nagauta singer (in kabuki)

singer of noh chants

pop idol; idol singer

Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK

to sing energetically; to sing with abandon

first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)

lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song

singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts

children's song; nursery song