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    一首

    一いっ首しゅ

    one tanka

    KMT3News #5+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab10 strokes

    いっしゅ

    Noun

    1.
    one tanka, one poem

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは短たん歌かを一いっ首しゅ詠よみました。

    He composed one tanka poem.

    KMT3Literature
    万まん葉よう集しゅうから好すきな歌うたを一いっ首しゅ選えらびました。

    I chose one favorite poem from the Manyoshu.

    KMT3LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    その歌うたは、作さく者しゃの深ふかい感かん情じょうを一いっ首しゅに込こめている。

    That poem expresses the author's deep feelings in a single verse.

    KMT4LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅは、百ひゃく人にんの歌か人じんの歌うたを一いっ首しゅずつ集あつめたものです。

    Hyakunin Isshu is a collection of one poem each from a hundred poets.

    KMT4LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    新しん年ねんの歌うた会かいは始じめでは、天てんの皇う陛へい下かが一いっ首しゅ詠よまれるのが恒こう例れいです。

    At the New Year's Imperial Poetry Reading, it is customary for His Majesty the Emperor to compose one poem.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
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