Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 反
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歌
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はん
Grade: 3
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か
Grade: 2
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| kan'on
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese-derived elements 反 (han, “reflect, return”) + 歌 (ka, “poem”).
Pronunciation
Noun
反歌 • (hanka)
- (poetry) a 短歌 (tanka, “short poem”) following a 長歌 (chōka, “long poem”) as a reflection or reply to the latter; compare English envoi
- Synonym: 返し歌 (kaeshiuta)
| Examples
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- Man'yōshū (book 9, poem 1791 by the mother of a departing ambassador to Tang China), an envoi to 1790 (akihagi no tsumadou ka koso hitorigo ni... waga omou ago ma-sakiku ari koso)
- 客人之宿埒爲野爾霜降者吾子羽裹天乃鶴群
- 旅人の宿りせむ野に霜降らば我が子はぐくめ天の鶴群
- tabibito no yadorisen no ni shimo furaba waga ko hagukume ame no tazumura
- Kokin Wakashū (book 19, poem 1004 by Mibu no Tadamine), an envoi to 1003 (kuretake no yoyo no furugoto nagariseba Ikaho-no-numa no ika ni shite...kimi ga yachiyo o wakaetsutsu min)
- 君が世にあふさか山のいはし水こがくれたりと思ひけるかな
- kimi ga yo ni Ōsaka-yama no iwashimizu kogakuretari to omoikeru ka na
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