謡 - song, sing, ballad

kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era

song; ballad

children's song; nursery rhyme

noh song

noh chanting; noh chant

folk song; popular song

ballad; folk song; popular song

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

to chant (a noh text)

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

ballad found in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki

Japan Popular Music Writers Association; JPM