noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
A song or poem expressing sorrow, often for the dead. Can be used as a noun, with する to mean 'sing/perform an elegy', or as a no-adjective.
彼は友人の死を悼んで悲歌を作った。
He composed an elegy mourning his friend's death.
A dirge was played at the funeral.