Illustration: Inside a rural community hall, an elderly woman sings with her mouth open and one hand marking the rhythm. A seated neighbor accompanies her on shamisen while another taps a small drum. Adults and children gathered close join the refrain, watching the elder for their entrance.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

民みん謡よう

min'you

folk song

Example sentences

  1. 兄あにが民謡みんように興味きょうみを抱いだき始はじめたのは十二歳じゅうにさいごろだった。

    My older brother started to take interest in Japanese folk songs when he was around 12 years old.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 全国各地ぜんこくかくちの民謡みんようにこの形式けいしきが多おおい。

    Many folk songs around the country adopt this structure.

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

  3. 多おおくの民謡みんようの伴奏ばんそうに尺八しゃくはちが使用しようされる。

    The shakuhachi is often used to accompany performances of folk songs.

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

Kanji in 民謡

  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 謡song; singOnヨウKunうたい・うたう

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