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Meanings

nagauta; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment

A genre of traditional Japanese music developed in Edo during the early 17th century, featuring sung narratives accompanied by shamisen. Often performed in kabuki theater.

彼かの女じょは長なが唄うたを習ならっています。
She is learning nagauta.
歌か舞ぶ伎きの舞ぶ台たいで長なが唄うたが演えん奏そうされた。
Nagauta was performed on the kabuki stage.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が長なが唄うたを習ならうfor someone to study/learn nagauta
彼かの女じょは子こ供どものころから長なが唄うたを習ならっている。
She has been studying nagauta since she was a child.
長なが唄うたを演えん奏そうするto perform nagauta (on shamisen)
舞ぶ台たいの脇わきで三味線奏者しゃみせんそうしゃが長なが唄うたを演えん奏そうした。
Shamisen players performed nagauta at the side of the stage.
歌か舞ぶ伎きで長なが唄うたが使つかわれるfor nagauta to be used in kabuki performances
この場ば面めんでは歌か舞ぶ伎きで長なが唄うたが使つかわれている。
In this scene, nagauta is used as part of the kabuki performance.