Kanji1 / 5
句 kanji
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ク
Kun readings
NoneWords with 句
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —句形poetry form (esp. haiku); grammatical structure in kanbun
- —脇句second verse (in a linked series of poems)
- —初句first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
- —拙句unskilled haiku poem; clumsy haiku
- —投句submitting a haiku (for publication)
- —平句ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
- —畳句repetition; accumulative clause; refrain; burden
- —句例phrase example; haiku example
- —例句haiku given as an example
- —言句(a few) words; phrase; expression
- —句題subject for a haiku
- —止句words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
- —引用句quotation
- —下の句last part of a poem or Bible verse
- —句読法punctuation rules
- —五節句the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
- —上の句first part of a poem or verse
- —凄文句intimidating language
- —二の句next (spoken) word
- —折り句acrostic poetry; acrostic