Usually means: Traditional Japanese ballad-style music genre.
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▸ noun:  (music) A genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes.
▸ noun:  (music) A genre of political songs spread by members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement of Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912).

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