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Japanese word 短歌: tanka / short Japanese poem. Meanings and example sentences.

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短歌 (たんか): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

短歌 (たんか) means tanka / short Japanese poem.

See example sentences below.

短歌 at a glance

短歌
たんかtanka
N1noun
tanka / short Japanese poem
短歌たんかtankaN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 短歌

Core meaning

tanka / short Japanese poem

Basic example sentences

Example 1

短歌を作るのが好きです。

Translation

I like composing tanka poems.

Example 2

短歌は三十一音でできています。

Translation

A tanka consists of 31 syllables.

短歌 (たんか): meaning and examples | Daily Nihongo