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長唄 ながうた

  1. long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

松竹梅 しょうちくばい

  1. pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
  2. first, second and third (class); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
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A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.