N3996/1669

nounnoun (generic)noun (suffix)linguisticscomputing

Reading

Meanings

  • section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph
  • phrase
  • verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  • haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  • maxim, saying, idiom, expression
  • clause (e.g. in a database query language)

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Example sentences

この意味いみがわからない。

I don't understand the meaning of this phrase.

彼女かのじょうつくしいつくった。

She composed a beautiful haiku.

この文章ぶんしょうなか一番いちばん印象的いんしょうてきはどれですか。

Which is the most impressive passage in this text?

先生せんせい有名ゆうめい俳人はいじん黒板こくばんいた。

The teacher wrote a verse by a famous haiku poet on the blackboard.

古典こてん文学ぶんがくにおいては、ひとつの作品さくひん全体ぜんたい意味いみ左右さゆうすることもある。

In classical literature, a single phrase can sometimes determine the meaning of an entire work.