歌枕
1〔古歌に詠み込まれた名所〕places which are described in classical Japanese verse2〔和歌作りの手引き書〕a handbook of cer...
歌集
1〔和歌の〕「an anthology [a collection] of waka poems2〔歌曲の〕a songbook
腰
1〔体の〕the (lower) back, the small of the back；〔胴のくびれた部分〕 ((around)) the waist；〔尻〕the hip(s)腰の細い女の子...
言葉
1〔言語〕(a) language, speech言葉の壁a language barrierこの国では三か国語が使われているThree languages are spoken in this...
ことばがき【言葉書き】
〔和歌などの前書き〕a foreword ((to a tanka))；〔絵巻物の説明文〕an explanatory note ((added to a picture scroll))；〔絵...
作歌
〔和歌を作ること〕writing poems [poetry, waka]；〔その和歌〕a poem, a waka
序詞
1〔はしがき〕a foreword, a preface ⇒じょぶん（序文）；〔プロローグ〕a prologue2〔和歌などの前置きの言葉〕a (decorative) preface [mod...
短歌
a tanka; a traditional Japanese poem containing five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables, respect...
勅撰
〔和歌集などの〕compilation by Imperial command勅撰集an anthology compiled by Imperial command
俳諧
1〔こっけい味のある和歌・連歌〕a haikai; an amusing and playful waka2〔俳句〕 ⇒はいく（俳句）俳諧師a haikai poet, an expert in...
