小こ唄うた

noun

kouta; traditional shamisen-accompanied ballad

A genre of short, lyrical songs accompanied by shamisen, popular in Edo-period and later geisha culture. Often contrasted with longer narrative styles like 長唄.

• 彼かの女じょは小こ唄うたを習ならっています。

  She is learning kouta (traditional shamisen-accompanied ballads).

• 小こ唄うたの発はっ表ぴょう会かいが来らい月げつあります。

  There will be a kouta recital next month.