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えんか 演歌
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Noun
1. enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad​
Noun
2. troubadour​Only applies to 艶歌
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3. Enka​is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years. Modern enka, as developed in the postwar era, is a form of sentimental ballad music.
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艶歌 【えんか】

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