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俳句

Reading

Kana: はいく
Romaji: haiku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

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

Kanji

俳
Reading: ハイ
Meanings: haiku, actor
句
Reading: ク
Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Example Sentences

俳句(はいく)は季節(きせつ)と関連(かんれん)が深(ふか)い。
➥Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.
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日本(にっぽん)のある有名(ゆうめい)な詩人(しじん)は俳句(はいく)におけるどのような固定化(こていか)した考(かんが)え方(かた)にも反対(はんたい)している。
➥A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.
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これは芭蕉(ばしょう)の非常(ひじょう)に有名(ゆうめい)な俳句(はいく)です。
➥This is a very famous haiku poem by Basho.
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そういえば、電車(でんしゃ)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、自分(じぶん)の俳句(はいく)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.
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