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)

小唄

こうた

ballad

端唄

はうた

short love song (popular in late Edo period)

にわか雨

にわかあめ

rain shower

逆に言えば

ぎゃくにいえば

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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)

雨

あめ

rain

単純に言えば

たんじゅんにいえば

simply put, putting it simply

簡単に言えば

かんたんにいえば

simply put, putting it simply, in short

厳密に言えば

げんみつにいえば

strictly speaking