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表層形
歌うたい
ウタウタイ
名詞

歌うたい (ウタウタイ)

Utautai · うたうたい — singer, vocalist; nagauta singer (in kabuki); singer of noh chants

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歌うたい in rōmaji: utautai.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 歌歌い 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月10日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
歌うたい
見出し語 (Lemma)
歌歌い
読み (Reading)
ウタウタイ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
歌うたい
読み・基本形
ウタウタイ
表記・基本形
歌うたい
見出し語の読み
ウタウタイ
💡 English Meaning

歌うたい means “singer, vocalist; nagauta singer (in kabuki); singer of noh chants” — full definition & examples →

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The surface form (歌うたい) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (歌歌い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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