[可歌可泣, kě gē kě qì, ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ]lit. you can sing or you can cry (成语 saw); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad; inspiring and tragic#42951[Add to Longdo]
[四面楚歌, sì miàn chǔ gē, ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨˇ ㄍㄜ]lit. on all sides the songs of Chu (成语 saw); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help (refers to the desperate final hours of Xiangyu 項羽|项羽); lone dissenting voice#51822[Add to Longdo]
[雅歌, yǎ gē, ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄜ]part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经; a song; a poem set to elegant music; a refined chant; the biblical Song of Solomon#108015[Add to Longdo]
[うた, uta](n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P)#610[Add to Longdo]
[うたざわ, utazawa](n) (歌沢 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)[Add to Longdo]
[うたざわぶし, utazawabushi](n) (歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen) (See うた沢) slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)[Add to Longdo]
[どえんか(ど演歌);ドえんか(ド演歌), doenka ( do enka ); do enka ( do enka )](n) (See 演歌) quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody[Add to Longdo]
[おくにかぶき, okunikabuki](n) Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)[Add to Longdo]