御お歌うた会かい始はじめ

noun

Imperial New Year's poetry reading

A formal annual event held at the Imperial Court where poems are read aloud. The term is specific to the Japanese imperial tradition.

• 御お歌うた会かい始はじめは毎まい年とし一いち月がつに皇こう居きょで行おこなわれる。

  The Imperial New Year's poetry reading is held at the Imperial Palace every January.