雑ぞう歌か

noun

miscellaneous poems

A category of classical Japanese poetry, especially in anthologies like the Man'yōshū, for poems that do not fit into the main thematic categories such as love or nature.

• 万まん葉よう集しゅうの雑ぞう歌かには、宴えん席せきや旅たびの歌うたが多おおく収おさめられている。

  The miscellaneous poems section of the Man'yōshū contains many poems about banquets and travel.