謡

うたい

noh chanting, recitation

謡物

うたいもの

utai (noh chant) piece for recitation

俗謡

ぞくよう

popular song, ballad, folk song, ditty

俚謡

りよう

ballad, folk song, popular song

童謡

どうよう

children's song, nursery rhyme

地謡

じうたい

noh chorus

古謡

こよう

traditional (folk) song

民謡

みんよう

folk song, popular song

謡曲

ようきょく

noh song

歌謡

かよう

song, ballad

素謡

bare noh chanting; vocal-only noh theater performance, with no dancing or instruments; unaccompanied utai

神謡集

しんようしゅう かみうたいしゅう

collection of mythology

歌謡曲

かようきょく

popular song

地謡座

じうたいざ

noh chorus seating area, side stage (noh)

地謡前

じうたいまえ

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

童謡殺人

どうようさつじん

nursery rhyme murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)

民謡音階

みんようおんかい

folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

地謡座前

じうたいざまえ

stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus

日本歌謡芸術協会

にっぽんかようげいじゅつきょうかい

Japan Popular Music Writers Association; JPM