"歌人" meaning in Japanese

See 歌人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ʑĩɴ] Forms: 歌人 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じん)), kajin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かじん}} 歌(か)人(じん) • (kajin)
  1. (Japanese) poet, usually of waka Tags: Japanese Derived forms: 歌人は居ながらにして名所を知る (kajin wa inagara ni shite meisho o shiru) (ruby: 歌人(かじん), (), 名所(めいしょ), ()) (english: a poet knows famous places even without travelling there)
    Sense id: en-歌人-ja-noun-wRf3MN~c Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 5 31 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 5 28 29 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 4 25 28 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ʑĩɴ], [ɯ̟ta̠bʲito̞], [ka̠ʑĩɴ] Forms: 歌人 [canonical] (ruby: (うた), (びと)), utabito [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|うたびと}} 歌(うた)人(びと) • (utabito)
  1. a (talented) singer
    Sense id: en-歌人-ja-noun-An7L0EZB Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 20 20 20 20 20
  2. a singer in bugaku performances
    Sense id: en-歌人-ja-noun-Sc2YHaWj Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Musicians, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 62 10 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 5 31 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 5 28 29 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 12 10 55 12 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 12 10 55 12 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 12 10 55 12 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 18 12 42 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 9 60 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 83 5 4 Disambiguation of Musicians: 4 30 59 4 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 14 15 44 13 14
  3. a waka poet
    Sense id: en-歌人-ja-noun-hso9H4qy Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 5 31 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 5 28 29 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 20 20 20 20 20
  4. (generally) a poet
    Sense id: en-歌人-ja-noun-w~IlIz9W Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Poetry Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Poetry: 29 2 2 28 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 歌詠み (utayomi) (ruby: 歌詠(うたよ)), 詩人 (shijin) (ruby: 詩人(しじん)), 歌い手 (utaite) (ruby: (うた), ())
Etymology number: 2
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      "other": "うたびと"
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      "other": "うたびと"
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      "other": "かじん"
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    },
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      "other": "かじん"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠ʑĩɴ]"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 歌人 meaning in Japanese (3.8kB)

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