Meaning
歌謡 (かよう, kayou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “song,ballad”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
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.
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.
ここで挙げる楽曲は民謡（歌謡民謡を含む）に限定する。
The songs exemplified below aren't limited to folk songs but also include pop tunes.
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.
最近は老若男女が歌えるような歌謡曲を耳にすることもなくなった。
Nowadays you no longer hear popular songs that can be sung by men and women of all ages.
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 music, shanson, Latin music, etc. show a tendency to wear makeup similar to enka singers as well.
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。
The popularity was split between enka and western music-oriented kayo kyoku (typically sung by singers in Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd.).
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 kayokyoku (Japanese popular songs, distinguished from J-pop), a leading theory advocated by Otojiro KAWAKAMI is that it originated from enzetsu-ka (literally, speech songs, political satire taking the form of songs) which developed into enka.
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).（
その後、カラオケボックスとなり、学生までその対象が広がると、歌謡曲やヒット曲、そして洋楽へと音源は広がった。
After that, when the karaoke box emerged and students were targeted, the music source range included popular songs, hit songs, and Western music.