🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

シンガーソングライター

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shingā songuraitā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Singer-songwriter/ˈsɪŋ.ɚˌsɔːŋ.rˌaɪ.t̬ɚ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は人気のシンガーソングライターです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A musician who composes and writes the lyrics for their own songs and performs them personally.

    "The talented singer-songwriter captivated the audience with an intimate acoustic performance."
  2. 2

    An artist known primarily for introspective, narrative-driven songs performed with minimal accompaniment.

    "She is regarded as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound of the English words 'singer' (derived from Middle English singen, from Old English singan) and 'songwriter' (combining song and writer). It emerged into widespread usage in the mid-20th century, particularly during the folk music revival of the 1960s, to describe musicians who write and perform their own original material.

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