Meaning
歌謡 (かよう, kayou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “song,ballad”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
歌謡曲は世相を反映する.
Popular songs reflect the social conditions (of the day).
私はカラオケで歌謡曲を歌います。
I will sing that popular song at karaoke.
父は歌謡曲のレコードをたくさん持っている
My father has a lot of pop records.
定型が完成する以前の和歌を上代歌謡という。
Before the fixed form of Waka was established, it had been called Jodai Kayo.
ここで挙げる楽曲は民謡（歌謡民謡を含む）に限定する。
The pieces listed here are limited to folk songs (including popular folk songs).
作詞家と作曲家によって作られた歌謡曲は、結合著作物です。
A popular song created by a songwriter and a composer is a combined work.
童謡・唱歌には3/4今様、歌謡曲には5/4今様の形式も多い。
Not a few children's songs and songs for school music classes are imayo of three-four time, and not a few popular songs are imayo of five-four time.
ムード歌謡、シャンソン、ラテン音楽、等の歌手にも演歌歌手と同様の傾向がある。
Singers of mood kayo, chanson, Latin music, etc. show the same tendency as enka singers.
岡本一平作詞（作詞著作権消滅）、飯田信夫作曲で、徳山璉が歌った歌謡曲の名前である。
It is a name of a pop song with lyrics written by Ippei OKAMOTO (out of copyright for the lyrics) and music by Nobuo IIDA, and sung by Tamaki TOKUYAMA.
（ワタナベエンターテインメント所属の歌手に代表される）洋楽指向の歌謡曲と人気を二分した。
It shared popularity with Western-oriented kayokyoku (as represented by singers belonging to Watanabe Entertainment).
.日本の歌謡曲（流行歌）の起源については、川上音二郎などの演説歌＝演歌とする説が有力である。
As for the origin of Japanese kayokyoku (popular songs), the leading theory is that it originated from enzetsu-ka (speech songs), i.e., enka, by Otojiro Kawakami and others.
とはいえ上記の特徴をもってしても、演歌とそれ以外のジャンル（歌謡曲など）を明確に分類することは難しい。
Even with the characteristics described above, however, it is difficult to clearly distinguish the enka from other genres (such as kayo kyoku - Japanese popular songs with ballads).