Illustration: In a neighborhood community hall, an older amateur singer stands beside an upright piano, singing into a microphone with one hand gently extended. The pianist watches the singer's breathing while playing, making their shared musical performance clear.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

歌か謡よう

kayou

song, ballad

It usually appears in compounds such as 歌謡曲. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 最近さいきんは老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょが歌うたえるような歌謡かよう曲きょくを耳みみにすることもなくなった。

    Nowadays you no longer hear popular songs that can be sung by men and women of all ages.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また数多すうおおくの歌謡かようを含ふくんでいる。

    It also contains a number of songs and ballads.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 文筆ぶんぴつの分野ぶんやでも詩し、歌謡かよう、童話どうわなど創作そうさくした。

    He also created literary works such as poems, songs and nursery stories.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 歌謡

  • 歌song; singOnカKunうた・うたう
  • 謡song; singOnヨウKunうたい・うたう

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