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    発句

    発ほっ句く

    first 17-syllable verse of a renga

    KMT10News #47+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ほっく

    Noun

    1.
    first 17-syllable verse of a renga
    2.
    haiku
    3.
    first five-syllable line of a tanka

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    俳はい句くの最さい初しょの部ぶ分ぶんを発ほっ句くと呼よぶこともある。

    The first part of a haiku is sometimes called the hokku.

    KMT8Literature
    連れん歌がの発ほっ句くは、五ご七しち五ごの十じゅう七しち文も字じで構こう成せいされる。

    The hokku of a renga is composed of seventeen syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern.

    KMT10Literature
    芭ば蕉しょうは発ほっ句くを独どく立りつさせ、俳はい諧かいとして確かく立りつしたことで知しられる。

    Basho is known for making hokku independent and establishing it as haikai.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    この古ふるい巻まき物ものには、有ゆう名めいな歌か人じんの発ほっ句くが記きされている。

    This old scroll contains the hokku of a famous poet.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    発ほっ句くは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな詩しい歌かの形けい式しきにおいて重じゅう要ような要よう素そである。

    Hokku is an important element in traditional Japanese poetic forms.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    発
    た.つ・あば.く・おこ.る・つか.わす・はな.つ…(4)
    departure・discharge・publish・emit・start from…(2)
    句
    phrase・clause・sentence・passage・paragraph…(1)
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