haiku

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhaɪ.kuː/

Noun

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Japanese Meaning

季語や自然などの情景を題材にした日本の伝統的な定型詩で、三行構成で、第一行と第三行が五音、第二行が七音からなる。

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She wrote a haiku about the first snow and read it aloud by the window.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は初雪についての俳句を書き、窓辺でそれを声に出して読んだ。

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Sense（1）

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Some of the results resemble haikus.

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Sense（2）

A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Haiku, a poem

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haiku

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haikus

（ plural ）

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