小唄

こうた

ballad

引かれ者

convict on their way to prison

小引

しょういん

short preface, brief foreword

リンゴの唄

リンゴのうた

Ringo no uta (1946 song; the first post-war hit song)

小者

こもの

young person

引揚者

ひきあげしゃ

returnee, repatriate

引率者

いんそつしゃ

leader

取引者

とりひきしゃ

transactor

小弓引

こゆみひき

short-bow archery contest

小心者

しょうしんもの しょうしんしゃ

timid person, coward

小身者

しょうしんもの

person with a humble salary, person of a low condition

小冠者

こかんじゃ

young man (who has recently undergone his manhood ceremony)

梵唄

ぼんばい

song in praise of Buddhas virtues

端唄

はうた

short love song (popular in late Edo period)

地唄

じうた

(style of) folk song

長唄

ながうた

long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

陰唄

song sung behind the scenes (kabuki)

島唄

しまうた

traditional Okinawan folk music

唄方

うたかた

singer in a nagauta performance