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俳(はい)句(く)

はいくhaiku

Very commonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. noun

    haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Example sentences 15

日(に)本(ほん)のある有(ゆう)名(めい)な詩(し)人(じん)は俳(はい)句(く)におけるどのような固(こ)定(てい)化(か)した考(かんが)え方(かた)にも反(はん)対(たい)している。

  • A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.

そういえば、電(でん)車(しゃ)の中(なか)で隣(となり)に座(すわ)ったほろ酔(よ)いのおっさんに、自(じ)分(ぶん)の俳(はい)句(く)を見(み)て欲(ほ)しいと言(い)われたことがある。

  • Now that I think of it, I've been asked to look at a haiku he'd written by the tipsy bloke sitting next to me on the train.

俳(はい)句(く)には季(き)語(ご)を入(い)れます。

  • Haiku include a seasonal word.

Words:俳(はい)句(く)季(き)語(ご)入(い)れる

Editorial example

古(こ)典(てん)的(てき)な俳(はい)句(く)は、自(し)然(ぜん)の美(うつく)しさと人(にん)間(げん)との調(ちょう)和(わ)をテーマにした「花(か)鳥(ちょう)諷(ふう)詠(えい)」の精(せい)神(しん)を体(たい)現(げん)している。

  • Classical haiku embody the spirit of 'Kacho Fuiei', which focuses on the themes of natural beauty and harmony with humanity.

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