引かれ者の小唄

ひかれものこうた

putting on a brave front; pretending one doesn't care; song of a convict on their way to prison

島唄

しまうた

traditional Okinawan folk music

梵唄

ぼんばい

song in praise of Buddhas virtues

唄方

うたかた

singer in a nagauta performance

地唄

じうた

(style of) folk song

陰唄

song sung behind the scenes (kabuki)

長唄

ながうた

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

端唄

はうた

short love song (popular in late Edo period)

労作唄

ろうさくうた

work song

下座唄

げざうた

song sung behind the scenes (kabuki)

作業唄

さぎょううた

work song

子守唄

こもりうた

lullaby

リンゴの唄

リンゴのうた

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

盆踊り唄

ぼんおどりうた

Bon Festival dance song

雨に唄えば

Singin' in the Rain (1952 film and song)

小

お こ しょう ぐゎー

small, little, dear (figurative sense)

小便小僧

しょうべんこぞう

Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain), Petit Julien

小袋と小娘

こぶくろとこむすめ

small bag and young woman

小川小抹香

おがわこまっこう オガワコマッコウ

dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)