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Vocabulary (12)

• 断吟

  たんぎん

  (in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp)

• 連吟

  れんぎん

  duet

• 感吟

  かんぎん

  emotional chanting or recitation

• 口吟

  こうぎん

  humming to oneself

• 偶吟

  ぐうぎん

  impromptu poem

• 高吟

  こうぎん

  loud recitation (of a poem)

• 放歌高吟

  ほうかこうぎん

  loud singing

• 愛吟

  あいぎん

  love of reciting or singing favourite poems or songs

• 病中吟

  びょうちゅうぎん

  poems composed in one's sickbed

• 詩吟

  しぎん

  reciting Chinese poems

• 遊吟

  ゆうぎん

  reciting or composing poetry while walking about

• 詠吟

  えいぎん

  reciting poetry