反歌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	歌
はん Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 反 (han, “reflect, return”) +‎ 歌 (ka, “poem”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) は​んか [háꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

反(はん)歌(か) • (hanka) 

1. (poetry) a 短歌 (tanka, “short poem”) following a 長歌 (chōka, “long poem”) as a reflection or reply to the latter; compare English envoi

   Synonym: 返し歌 (kaeshiuta)

Examples

Man'yōshū (book 9, poem 1791 by the mother of a departing ambassador to Tang China), an envoi to 1790 (akihagi no tsumadou ka koso hitorigo ni... waga omou ago ma-sakiku ari koso) 客人之宿埒爲野爾霜降者吾子羽裹天乃鶴群 旅人の宿りせむ野に霜降らば我が子はぐくめ天の鶴群 tabibito no yadorisen no ni shimo furaba waga ko hagukume ame no tazumura Kokin Wakashū (book 19, poem 1004 by Mibu no Tadamine), an envoi to 1003 (kuretake no yoyo no furugoto nagariseba Ikaho-no-numa no ika ni shite...kimi ga yachiyo o wakaetsutsu min) 君が世にあふさか山のいはし水こがくれたりと思ひけるかな kimi ga yo ni Ōsaka-yama no iwashimizu kogakuretari to omoikeru ka na