Meanings

confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

blackbird (Turdus merula)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

opera company

prefatory song or poem

plain form (of waka)

metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

allusive form (of waka)

Okinawan fixed form poetry

book of lyrics

lyric sheet

opera singer

kagura song

pop idol

to start singing

requiem

iroha poem

kumeuta

singing and playing the shō

woman who entertains customers with song and dance