原歌

Japanese
Kanji in this term
原 歌
げん
Grade: 2		 か
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げ​んか [géꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

原(げん)歌(か) • (genka) 

  1. original song or poem (from which another is adapted), urtext
    • 1953, Mokichi Saitō, Manyō shūka‎, volume 1, section 14:
      この巻(まき)七(しち)の歌(うた)も古(ふる)い調(ちょう)子(し)のものだから、どちらかが原(げん)歌(か)で他(ほか)は少(すこ)し変(へん)化(か)したものであろう。
      Kono maki shichi no uta mo furui chōshi no mono da kara, dochira ka ga genka de hoka wa sukoshi henka shita mono de arō.
      As this poem in scroll 7 also features an old style, one of the two must be the original and the other a slight variation.
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