Japanese word senses marked with topical category "Poetry"

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• 万葉集 (Proper name) Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE
• 万葉集 (Proper name) Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE
• 体用 (Noun) Essence-Function; Substance and Function; Form and Attribute; that which is absolutely inherent and that which relatively manifests
• 俳句 (Noun) haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5 morae
• 俳諧 (Noun) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)
• 六歌仙 (Proper name) Rokkasen, the Six Immortals of Poetry
• 具足 (Noun) the subject matter alluded to by a 連歌 (renga, “linked poem”)
• 冠 (Noun) first (traditionally, five) morae of a haiku, etc.; specifically, the first verse or line of a poem
• 制詞 (Noun) a word that is forbidden due to scansion, rarity, or unfamiliarity
• 劇詩 (Noun) dramatic poetry
• 勅撰和歌集 (Noun) an anthology of poetry commissioned by order of an Emperor of Japan
• 半臂 (Noun) Short for 半臂の句 (hanpi no ku, “(poetry) an adorned third line in a tanka”).
• 反歌 (Noun) a 短歌 (tanka, “short poem”) following a 長歌 (chōka, “long poem”) as a reflection or reply to the latter; compare English envoi
• 叙事詩 (Noun) epic poetry
• 古今和歌集 (Proper name) the first of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 905-914 CE
• 句会 (Noun) haiku society
• 句意 (Noun) meaning of a haiku
• 吟社 (Noun) society of poets
• 和歌 (Noun) Japanese poetry, waka
• 唐歌 (Noun) Chinese poetry, Chinese poem
• 唐詩 (Noun) Tang poetry
• 大作 (Noun) epic
• 大和言葉 (Noun) Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)
• 嫌い (Noun) in 俳諧 (haikai) and 連歌 (renga), arrangement of verses that tend to be avoided or otherwise disliked
• 字余り (Noun) having an extra mora in a line
• 季語 (Noun) Kigo, a word associated with a particular season in traditional Japanese poetry.
• 季題 (Noun) kigo
• 小倉百人一首 (Proper name) the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games
• 川柳 (Noun) senryu: comic haiku
• 川柳 (Noun) senryu: comic haiku
• 律詩 (Noun) ancient Chinese verse
• 後撰和歌集 (Proper name) the second of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 951-953 CE
• 徒 (Adjective) the term of the 蕉風俳諧(しょうふうはいかい) (shōfūhaikai, “Bashō style haikai”) to indicate innocent and humorous style
• 懐剣 (Noun) working on possible response lines for a 連歌 (renga, “linked poem”), 俳諧 (haikai, “amusing style of waka Japanese poetry”), or similar call and response style of performed poetry, prior to a performance; any lines prepared before such a performance
• 懐紙 (Noun) paper one formally records poetry on
• 手弱女振り (Noun) a feminine poetic style exhibited in poetry anthologies after the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)
• 抒情詩 (Noun) lyric poetry
• 拾遺和歌集 (Proper name) the third of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 1005-07 CE
• 掛詞 (Noun) pivot word, a form of homophonic play on words used in traditional Japanese poetry
• 新勅撰和歌集 (Proper name) the ninth imperial waka anthology, compiled in 1232-35
• 新古今和歌集 (Proper name) the eighth of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 1201-05
• 新撰万葉集 (Proper name) a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled anthology of poems”) in two volumes, thought to be compiled by Sugawara no Michizane around 893–913 CE, with the poems completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)
• 李詩 (Noun) poetry of Li Bai
• 杜詩 (Noun) poetry of Du Fu
• 東歌 (Noun) poems from the eastern regions of Japan, especially those in the titular fourteenth volume of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū) or the twentieth volume of the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)
• 東歌 (Noun) a Kantō-style 狂歌 (kyōka, “comical tanka”)
• 枕詞 (Noun) a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else, traditionally used in 和歌 (waka, “traditional Japanese poetry”)
• 植え物 (Noun) types of plants used as subjects in renga and haikai
• 歌 (Noun) poetry
• 水辺 (Noun) a word or phrase related to water
• 沖つ白波 (Noun) a 序詞 (jokotoba), associated with the above meaning:; 立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)
• 沖つ白波 (Noun) a 序詞 (jokotoba), associated with the above meaning:; 知らず (shirazu, “not knowing (about)”)
• 源氏 (Noun) Short for 源氏行 (Genji-kō, “a form of 連歌 (renga, “linked verse”) where sixty verses are written on a piece of paper folded in three”).
• 漢詩 (Noun) Chinese poetry, Chinese poem
• 琉歌 (Noun) ryūka
• 益荒男振り (Noun) a masculine poetic style exhibited in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū)
• 短歌 (Noun) tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
• 継 (Noun) Short for 継歌 (tsugi-uta, “sequential poem composition on a theme”).
• 自句自解 (Noun) writing and exegesis of one's one haiku
• 自由律 (Noun) freeform tanka or haiku
• 荒ぶ (Verb) to lack ornamentation, to be simple, be plain
• 裏白 (Noun) Clipping of 裏白連歌 (urajiro renga).
• 詩 (Noun) Chinese poetry
• 詩歌 (Noun) a rhymed poem
• 詩歌 (Noun) a rhymed poem
• 詩篇 (Noun) book of poetry; anthology
• 詩経 (Proper name) the Classic of Poetry
• 詩語 (Noun) stock phrase in poetry
• 詩題 (Noun) topic or theme of a poem
• 輪廻 (Noun) repeating of the same words and/or meanings in one volume of haikai or renga
• 連 (Noun) a stanza; a verse
• 連歌 (Noun) renga, a form of linked poetry where verses of 5-7-5 are linked together.
• 都都逸 (Noun) dodoitsu: a specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae
• 長歌 (Noun) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae
• 長歌 (Noun) a tanka poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a chōka
• 長歌 (Noun) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae
• 長歌 (Noun) a mijikauta poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a nagauta
• 長歌 (Noun) a long epic or folk song with a shamisen accompaniment developed in Edo during the 元禄 (Genroku) era
• 音節 (Noun) Synonym of モーラ (mōra, “a mora”)
• 韻事 (Noun) poetic occasion, elegant situation, the cue for a poem
• 韻士 (Noun) elegant poet, literati
• 韻律 (Noun) meter
• 韻律 (Noun) measure
• 題知らず (Noun) a 詞書 (kotobagaki, “explanatory note”) stating that the topic, theme, or occasion of a selected waka poem is unknown; also, the poem with the unknown topic, theme, or occasion
• 題詞 (Noun) a brief preface note on the theme or circumstances of a poem
• くるわ (Noun) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line
• むき (Noun) 無季: not belonging to any particular season; (poetry) not including any seasonal terms or allusions
• ポエジー (Noun) poetic quality
• モーラ (Noun) a mora
• リメリック (Proper name) Alternative form of リムリック (Rimurikku, “Limerick”)
• リリック (Noun) Synonym of 抒情詩 (jojōshi, “lyric poetry; lyric poem”)

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