吟ぎん詠えい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

recitation; chanting; singing (of a poem)

Refers to the act of reciting or chanting a Chinese or Japanese poem aloud, often in a stylized or melodic manner. Used in literary or traditional contexts.

• 彼かれは漢かん詩しを吟ぎん詠えいするのが趣しゅ味みだ。

  His hobby is reciting Chinese poems.

• 吟ぎん詠えいの会かいで、参さん加か者しゃが次つぎ々つぎと自じ作さくの詩しを披ひ露ろうした。

  At the recitation gathering, participants took turns presenting their own poems.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

composition (of a poem); composed poem

Can refer to the act of composing a Chinese or Japanese poem, or to the poem itself. Less common than the recitation sense; often encountered in classical or literary contexts.

• この吟ぎん詠えいは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの歌か人じんによって詠よまれた。

  This poem was composed by a Heian-period poet.

• 彼かれは旅たび先さきで感かんじたことを吟ぎん詠えいにしたためた。

  He put his feelings from the journey into a poem.