数かぞえ歌うた

noun

counting song

A song that teaches numbers or counting, often for children. Common examples include いちじくにんじん and どんぐりころころ.

• 幼よう稚ち園えんで数かぞえ歌うたを歌うたった。

  We sang a counting song at kindergarten.

noun

enumerative form (of waka)

A classical poetic form where each line enumerates related things. Rare outside of traditional waka studies; cross-referenced with 六義.

See also: 六義

• 六ろく義ぎの一ひとつとして、数かぞえ歌うたは物ものの名なを列れっ挙きょする形けい式しきをとる。

  As one of the six principles of waka, the enumerative form lists the names of things.