| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 歌手 | かしゅ | a singer |
| 歌 | うた | song |
| 歌う | うたう | to sing |
| 国歌 | こっか | national anthem |
| 歌謡 | かよう | song, ballad |
| 且つ飲み且つ歌う | かつのみかつうたう | to drink and sing at the same time, to drink as well as sing |
| 倭歌 | わか | waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 mora) |
| 凱歌 | がいか | victory song, victory |
| 唱歌 | しょうか | singing, songs |
| 女歌舞伎 | おんなかぶき | girls' kabuki |
| 悲歌慷慨 | ひかこうがい | indignant lamentation over the evils of the times |
| 歌人 | かじん | (Japanese) poet |
| 歌仙 | かせん | great poet |
| 歌劇 | かげき | opera |
| 歌唱 | かしょう | song, singing |
| 歌声 | うたごえ | singing voice |
| 歌姫 | うたひめ | songstress |
| 歌曲 | かきょく | melody, tune, song |
| 歌碑 | かひ | tanka inscription |
| 歌稿 | かこう | manuscript of poem |
| 歌舞伎 | かぶき | kabuki, Japanese classical drama |
| 歌詞 | かし | song lyrics, words of a song, libretto |
| 歌謡曲 | かようきょく | popular song |
| 歌集 | かしゅう | anthology, book of poetry |
| 演歌 | えんか | enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad |
| 牧歌的 | ぼっかてき | pastoral, idyllic |
| 琉歌 | りゅうか | Okinawan fixed form poetry |
| 短歌 | たんか | tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem |
| 紡ぎ歌 | つむぎうた | spinning song |
| 絃歌 | げんか | singing and (string) music |
| 艶歌 | えんか | troubadour |
| 詠歌 | えいか | poem, song, (Buddh.) pilgrim's song |
| 詩歌 | しいか, しか | Japanese (and Chinese) poetry |
| 賛歌 | さんか | song of praise, eulogy, paean, hymn |
| 頌歌 | しょうか | anthem, carol, hymn of praise |
| 鼻歌 | はなうた | humming |