詩吟

しぎん

reciting Chinese poems

遊吟

ゆうぎん

wandering minstrel

詩人

しじん

poet

遊人

someone without a fixed occupation; man of leisure; playboy

遊び人

あそびにん

carouser, playboy, gambler

吟

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing

即興詩人

そっきょうしじん

improviser

田園詩人

でんえんしじん

pastoral poet

桂冠詩人

けいかんしじん

poet laureate

詩人墨客

しじんぼっかく しじんぼっきゃく しじんぼっかく、しじんぼっきゃく

poets and artists, persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy

一人遊び

ひとりあそび

playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)

苦吟

くぎん

laborious composition, struggling to compose a poem

即吟

そくぎん

improvisation (of a poem), improvization

感吟

かんぎん

emotional chanting or recitation

詠吟

えいぎん

reciting poetry

微吟

びぎん

reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

口吟

こうぎん くちぎん

humming to oneself

高吟

こうぎん

loud recitation (of a poem)

名吟

めいぎん

outstanding tanka or haiku or poem