• 歌うた

  song, singing

• 歌手かしゅ

  singer

• 歌劇かげき

  opera

• 歌謡かよう

  song, ballad

• 歌唱かしょう

  song, singing

• 歌人かじん

  poet (of tanka poems)

• 歌姫うたひめ

  songstress, diva

• 歌合うたあわせ

  poetry contest

• 歌曲かきょく

  melody, tune, song

• 歌声うたごえ

  singing voice, (sound of) singing

• 歌詞かし

  song lyrics, words of a song, libretto

• 歌集かしゅう

  collection of waka poems, anthology

• 歌ううたう

  to sing

• 校歌こうか

  school song

• 短歌たんか

  tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem

• 唱歌しょうか

  singing, song

• 国歌こっか

  national anthem

• 賛歌さんか

  song of praise, eulogy, paean, hymn

• 詩歌しいか

  Japanese and Chinese poetry

• 和歌わか

  waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

• 演歌えんか

  enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

• 歌留多カルタ

  karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

• 歌舞伎かぶき

  kabuki, traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red

• 歌謡曲かようきょく

  kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era

• 子守歌こもりうた

  lullaby

• 流行歌りゅうこうか

  popular song, hit song

• 歌聖かせい

  great poet

• 歌風かふう

  poetic style

• 歌題かだい

  name of poem

• 歌誌かし

  tanka magazine

• 歌書かしょ

  book of poems

• 歌壇かだん

  poetry circles

• 歌舞かぶ

  singing and dancing

• 歌稿かこう

  manuscript of poem

• 歌格かかく

  poetry style, poetry rules

• 歌意かい

  meaning of a song

• 歌論かろん

  essay on tanka poetry

• 歌学かがく

  poetry, versification

• 歌神かしん

  god of waka, god of song, muse

• 歌枠うたわく

  singing stream, karaoke stream

• 歌仙かせん

  great (waka) poet, immortal poet

• 歌道かどう

  versification, tanka poetry

• 歌境かきょう

  mood of a poem, poet's mood when writing

• 歌語かご

  word mainly used in tanka, poetical word

• 歌口うたぐち

  flute mouthpiece

• 歌詞うたことば

  word mainly used in tanka, poetical word

• 歌碑かひ

  monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka

• 歌会うたかい

  poetry party, tanka competition, gathering of tanka poets

• 歌貝うたがい

  matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them

• 歌心うたごころ

  (waka) poetic sentiment, waka-composing mood, solid grounding in waka, meaning of a waka poem