哀歌

あいか

[aika]

Definitions

1.noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

lament (song); elegy; dirge; sad song

2.noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Lamentations (book of the Bible)

戦死せんし者しゃを悼むいたむ哀歌あいかが教会きょうかいに響いひびいた。

A lament mourning the war dead echoed through the church.

哀歌あいかの旋律せんりつが聴衆ちょうしゅうの涙なみだを誘っさそった。

The melody of the elegy moved the audience to tears.

詩人しじんは故郷こきょうを失っうしなった悲しみかなしみを哀歌あいかに詠んよんだ。

The poet expressed the sorrow of losing his homeland in an elegy.