enka

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See also: Enka, enkä, -enka, -enką, -eńka, and -eńką

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 演歌 (enka).

Noun

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enka (uncountable)

  1. (music) A genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes.
  2. (music) A genre of political songs spread by members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement of Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Japanese

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Romanization

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enka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えんか

Swedish

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Noun

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enka

  1. Obsolete spelling of änka.

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