| 呻吟 | しんぎん | (n,vs) moaning/groaning/ |
| 連吟 | れんぎん
| (n) duet/ |
| 病中吟 | びょうちゅうぎん | poems composed in one's sickbed/ |
| 口吟 | こうぎん
| (n) humming to oneself/ |
| 高歌放吟 | こうかほうぎん
| singing at the top of one's voice/ |
| 口吟む | くちずさむ
| (v5m) to hum/ |
| 朗吟 | ろうぎん
| (n,vs) recitation/singing/ |
| 沈吟 | ちんぎん
| (n,vs) hum/meditation/painstaking elaboration
on ones poem/groaning in distress/ |
| 放歌高吟 | ほうかこうぎん | loud singing/ |
| 感吟 | かんぎん | (n) emotional chanting or recitation/ |
| 再吟味 | さいぎんみ | (n) re-examination/review/ |
| 愛吟 | あいぎん
| (n) favourite poem or song/lover of poetry and
song/ |
| 詩吟 | しぎん | (n) reciting Chinese poems/(P)/ |
| 名吟 | めいぎん
| (n) outstanding tanka or haiku or
poem/ |
| 低吟 | ていぎん | (n,vs) hum/singing in a low voice/ |
| 苦吟 | くぎん
| (n,vs) laborious composition/struggling to
compose a poem/ |
| 高吟 | こうぎん | (n) loud recitation (of a poem)/ |
| 独吟 | どくぎん
| (n) vocal solo/(P)/ |
| 遊吟 | ゆうぎん
| (n) wandering minstrel/ |
| 即吟 | そくぎん
| (n) improvisation (of a poem)/ |
| 偶吟 | ぐうきん
| (hum) impromptu poem/ |
| 秀吟 | しゅうぎん
| (n) splendid poem/ |
| 詠吟 | えいぎん
| (n) reciting poetry/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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