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blackbird (Turdus merula)

floral playing cards; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit repr. a month indic. by a flower)

Edo-style kabuki

club song; organization song

kagura song

to start singing

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

haikai (humorous or vulgar renga poetry)

first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)

type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)