作歌|さっかsakka[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbwriting songs or poems; poem
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 作歌する(さっかする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 作歌します(さっかします) |
| Negative (nai) | 作歌しない(さっかしない) |
| polite (masen) | 作歌しません(さっかしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 作歌せず・作歌せぬ(さっかせず・さっかせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 作歌した(さっかした) |
| polite (mashita) | 作歌しました(さっかしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 作歌しなかった(さっかしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 作歌しませんでした(さっかしませんでした) |
| Te form | 作歌して(さっかして) |
| Potential | 作歌できる(さっかできる) |
| Passive | 作歌される(さっかされる) |
| Causative | 作歌させる(さっかさせる) |
| Causative passive | 作歌させられる(さっかさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 作歌すれば(さっかすれば) |
| tara | 作歌したら(さっかしたら) |
| Volitional | 作歌しよう(さっかしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 作歌しましょう(さっかしましょう) |
| Imperative | 作歌しろ(さっかしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym詩作しさくWrittenWritten/formal; refers to composing poetry, especially modern verse or kanshi, and — unlike 「作歌」 — not specifically to waka or tanka.
- Synonym詠歌えいかWrittenWritten/formal; covers composing waka or poetry, and also chanting poems or pilgrims' songs, whereas 「作歌」 stays with waka, mainly tanka: composing one or the poem itself.
- Related賦詠ふえいWrittenWritten/formal and rare; emphasizes both composing and reciting poems, with an archaic, elegant flavor.
Compose waka, mainly tanka, with 「作歌」; it is written in style, as in 「作歌の心得」. Use 「詩作」 for composing poetry. 「詠歌」 covers both composing poems and chanting them.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


