冠

(poetry) first (traditionally, five) morae of a haiku, etc.; specifically, the first verse or line of a poem


徒

徒花

blossom that bear no fruit; things which being gorgeous in the pretence but worthless in actuality

蕉風俳諧(しょうふうはいかい) 蕉風俳諧#Japanese

(historical, poetry) 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


歌

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ota.


大和言葉

大和言葉 (canonical)
Yamato-kotoba (romanization)

Originally a compound of 大和(やまと) (Yamato, “Japan”) + 言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba, “word, language”).

ja-compound

Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)


俳句

haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5 morae


嫌い

/kiraɸi/ → /kirawi/ → /kirai/
The 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 嫌う (kirau, “to detest, dislike, hate”).

(poetry) in 俳諧 (haikai) and 連歌 (renga), arrangement of verses that tend to be avoided or otherwise disliked


川柳

ja-noun

川(せん)柳(りゅう) • (senryū) ^(←せんりう (senriu)?)

川柳 (canonical)
senryū (romanization)
senriu (romanization)
せんりう (hiragana historical)

/senriu/ → /senriʲuː/ → /senrjuː/
Named after Karai Senryū (1718-1790), its creator.


川柳

川(かわ)柳(やなぎ) or 川柳(カワヤナギ) • (kawayanagi) ^(←かはやなぎ (kafayanagi) or カハヤナギ (kafayanagi)?)

川柳 (canonical)
川柳 (canonical)
kawayanagi (romanization)
kafayanagi (romanization)
かはやなぎ (hiragana historical)
カハヤナギ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brook”) + 柳(やなぎ) (yanagi, “willow”).


詩歌

/ɕika/ → /ɕiːka/
Shift from older shika below.
Now the 慣用読み (kan'yōyomi, “common reading”) form, possibly to avoid confusion with homophones.


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Man'yōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Man'yōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (man'yō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(にょう)集(しゅう) • (Mannyōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Mannyōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (mannyō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”, with renjō) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

(rare) Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


短歌

tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.


益荒男振り

ja-noun

益(ます)荒(ら)男(お)振(ぶ)り • (masuraoburi) ^(←ますらをぶり (masurawoburi)?)

益荒男振り (canonical)
masuraoburi (romanization)
masurawoburi (romanization)
ますらをぶり (hiragana historical)

[ma̠sɨɾa̠o̞bɯ̟ɾʲi]

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.
Compound of 益荒男 (masurao, “strong, brave man”) + 振り (-buri, “style”).

suffix

(poetry) a masculine poetic style exhibited in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū)


音節

[õ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ]

音 (“sound”) + 節 (“segment”) Not related to English onset despite similarity.

(loosely, phonology, poetry) Synonym of モーラ (mōra, “a mora”)


俳諧

→ English: haikai

→ Mandarin: 俳諧／俳谐 (páixié)

(poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)


輪廻

輪廻 (canonical)
rinne (romanization)
rin'we (romanization)
りんゑ (hiragana historical)

貧は菩提の種富は輪廻の絆

hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna

/rinwe/ → /rinɰe/ → /rinːe/
From Middle Chinese 輪迴 (MC lwin hwoj, literally “wheel + revolve”), itself a translation of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, literally “passing, wandering”).
The e reading for 廻 changes to ne as an instance of renjō (連声).

ja-renjo

(poetry) repeating of the same words and/or meanings in one volume of haikai or renga


枕詞

枕詞 (canonical)
makura kotoba (romanization)

→ English: pillow word (calque)

→ English: makurakotoba

Compound of 枕 (makura, “pillow”) + 詞 (kotoba, “word”). The pillow meaning is in reference to the way that makura kotoba in poetry are used as introductions to something else.

compound

711–712, Kojiki, poem 2:
… 爾波都登理 迦祁波那久 … [Man'yōgana]
… 庭つ鳥 鶏は鳴く … [Modern spelling]

Over time, certain makura kotoba may become full metonyms to replace the term they originally only alluded to, such as the Old Japanese phrase 庭つ鳥 (niwa tsu tori) or "garden bird" replacing the older term 鶏 (kake) to mean "chicken", as in the modern Japanese term 鶏 (niwatori). An example of such a makura kotoba

...the garden bird, the chicken clucks...

(poetry) 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”)


むき

無季: not belonging to any particular season; (poetry) not including any seasonal terms or allusions


水辺

1960, Kaneko Kinjirō, “Ryōki renga ron ni okeru ‘te ni wo ha’ no igi [Significance of grammatical particles in ryōki literary theory]”, in Kokubungaku kō, page 337:

Division by meaning. (This can be seen in the division of lyrics into yamarui [mountain words], suihen [water words] of constitution or use, or shiki [four seasons] and so on.)

意味の両。（山類・水辺、体・用、四季などの詞の分類に見られることき。）

Imi no ryō. (Yamarui suihen, karada yō, shiki nado no shi no bunrui ni mirareru koto ki.)

(poetry, haiku, renga) a word or phrase related to water


都都逸

Clipping of 都都逸節 (dodoitsu-bushi, “a specific form of poetry popular in the early 1800s, during the late Edo period”).

clipping

(poetry) dodoitsu: a specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae


叙事詩

From 叙事 (joji, “narration”) + 詩 (shi, “poetry; poem”).


韻事

韻事 (canonical)
inji (romanization)
winzi (romanization)
ゐんじ (hiragana historical)

poetic occasion, elegant situation, the cue for a poem


唐歌

Compound of 唐 (kara, “China”) + 歌 (uta, “poetry”).


琉歌

琉歌 (canonical)
ryūka (romanization)
riuka (romanization)
りうか (hiragana historical)


唐詩

唐詩 (canonical)
tōshi (romanization)
tausi (romanization)
たうし (hiragana historical)


韻律

[ĩn̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]


題詞

From Middle Chinese 題詞 (MC dej zi, “foreword”).

(waka, traditional poetry) a brief preface note on the theme or circumstances of a poem


季語

Kigo, a word associated with a particular season in traditional Japanese poetry.


リメリック

リムリック リムリック#Japanese

Alternative form of リムリック (Rimurikku, “Limerick”)


リリック

[ɾʲiɾʲik̚kɯ̟]

(poetry) Synonym of 抒情詩 (jojōshi, “lyric poetry; lyric poem”)


沖つ白波

沖つ白波 (canonical)
oki tsu shiranami (romanization)

From Old Japanese: 沖(おき) (oki, “open sea”) + つ (tsu, archaic possessive particle) + 白波(しらなみ) (shiranami, “whitecaps, white-crested waves”).

ja-compound

風吹けば沖つ白波たつた山夜半にや君がひとり越ゆらむ

905, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 994; also Ise Monogatari, episode 23; Yamato Monogatari, episode 149)

as the howling winds keep white waves in the offing in the deep of night[,] is my lord crossing Tatsuta Mountain alone[?]

kaze fukeba oki tsu shiranami Tatsuta-yama yowa ni ya kimi ga hitori koyu ran

(poetry) a 序詞 (jokotoba), associated with the above meaning:

立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)

淡海々奥白浪雖不知妹所云七日越来

Ōmi-no-umi oki tsu shiranami shirazu tomo imogari to iwaba nanuka koe kon

Even if I don't know (where you live), sounding like the white waves in the offing of the [Ōmi] sea, if you tell me (where) your house (is), (even if it would take me) seven days to cross (the hills), I will come!


抒情詩

ja-noun

抒(じょ)情(じょう)詩(し) • (jojōshi) ^(←じよじやうし (zyozyausi)?)

抒情詩 (canonical)
jojōshi (romanization)
zyozyausi (romanization)
じよじやうし (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ʑo̞ːɕi]

From 抒情 (jojō, “lyricism”) + 詩 (shi, “poetry; poem”).


くるわ

kuruwa (romanization)
kurwa (romanization)
くるわ (hiragana historical)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Edo period
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten

[kɯ̟ɾɯ̟β̞a̠]

Compound of くる (kuru, “going around”, consider adverbs くるくる (kurukuru), くるり (kururi, “spinningly; turningly”), verb 繰る (kuru, “to spin, to wind (a thread); to turn (a page)”)) + わ (wa, “loop? enclosure?”, the same element appearing in other words in kanji as 曲・回 (“sharp bend, loop, or bight, as in a river or coastline”), and as 輪・環 (“a ring, a loop; a hoop (as for a barrel); a circle, a round; a wheel”)), referring to a wall, palisade, moat (often dry), or natural waterway surrounding a castle or other fortification.
First appears in the late 1500s in reference to such a wall or moat. Later used to refer to the area bounded by such a feature, and then used periphrastically to refer to a red-light district, which was usually divided from the rest of a town by such a wall or fence.

郭通い

frequently visiting a red-light district

郭言葉

the argot of the red-light district during the Edo period

郭沙汰

the rumor and stories of the red-light district

郭三界

the area or neighborhood of a red-light district

郭住まい

residing in a red-light district; the lifestyle of a prostitute

郭勤め

working in a red-light district; someone working in a red-light district, more specifically as a prostitute

郭模様

the fashionable patterns of clothing popular in the red-light district

郭様

the manners and customs of the red-light district

(poetry, haiku) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line


題知らず

題知らず (canonical)
dai shirazu (romanization)

Literally “topic unknown”.
Some scholars actually translate this as “circumstances unknown”.

(poetry) 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


勅撰和歌集

ja-noun

勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (chokusen wakashū) ^(←ちよくせんわかしふ (tyokusen'wakasifu)?)

勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
chokusen wakashū (romanization)
tyokusen'wakasifu (romanization)
ちよくせんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟se̞ɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

勅撰 (chokusen, “imperial compilation”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

an anthology of poetry commissioned by order of an Emperor of Japan


古今和歌集

ja-pos

古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Kokin Wakashū) ^(←こきんわかしふ (Kokin Wakasifu)?)

古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (romanization)
Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
こきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[ko̞kʲiɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

From 古今 (kokin, “ancient and modern”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the first of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 905-914 CE

Ariwara no Motokata
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki


新勅撰和歌集

ja-pos

しんちょくせん わかしゅう

新(しん)勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shinchokusen Wakashū)

新勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
Shinchokusen Wakashū (romanization)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “poem collection by order of an emperor”).

prefix

the ninth imperial waka anthology, compiled in 1232-35


新古今和歌集

ja-pos

しん こきん わかしゅう

^しん ^こきん ^わかしふ

新(しん)古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shin Kokin Wakashū) ^(←しんこきんわかしふ (Sin Kokin Wakasifu)?)

新古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (Shin)
Sin Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
しんこきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū, waka anthology compiled in 905 CE).
Literally the “New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems”.

prefix

waka anthology compiled in 905 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the eighth of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 1201-05


小倉百人一首

ja-pos

おぐら ひゃくにん いっしゅ

^をぐら ^ひやくにん ^いつしゆ

小(お)倉(ぐら)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) • (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) ^(←をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu)?)

小倉百人一首 (canonical)
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (romanization)
Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu (romanization)
をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (hiragana historical)

From 小倉 (Ogura, a district in Kyoto) + 百人一首 (hyakunin isshu, “one hundred poems by one hundred poets anthology”).

com

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

Emperor Juntoku
Emperor Tenji
Gosen Wakashū
Princess Shikishi
Shokugosen Wakashū


後撰和歌集

ja-pos

後(ご)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Gosen Wakashū) ^(←ごせんわかしふ (Gosen'wakasifu)?)

後撰和歌集 (canonical)
Gosen Wakashū (romanization)
Gosen'wakasifu (romanization)
ごせんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 後 (go, “later”) + 撰 (sen, “collection, compilation”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the second of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 951-953 CE


新撰万葉集

ja-pos

しんせん まんようしゅう

新(しん)撰(せん)万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Shinsen Man'yōshū) ^(←しんせんまんえふしふ (Sinsenman'efusifu)?)

新撰万葉集 (canonical)
Shinsen Man'yōshū (romanization)
Sinsenman'efusifu (romanization)
しんせんまんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

From 新撰 (shinsen, “new compilation/selection”) + 万葉集 (Man'yōshū, oldest anthology of poems compiled in c. 759 CE).

com

oldest anthology of poems compiled in c. 759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

私撰和歌集 私撰和歌集#Japanese

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)


手弱女振り

ja-noun

手弱女振(たおやめぶ)り • (taoyameburi) ^(←たをやめぶり (tawoyameburi)?)

手弱女振り (canonical)
taoyameburi (romanization)
tawoyameburi (romanization)
たをやめぶり (hiragana historical)

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.
Compound of 手弱女 (taoyame, “virtuous, beautiful lady”) + 振り (-buri, “style”).

suffix

古今和歌集 古今和歌集#Japanese

(poetry) a feminine poetic style exhibited in poetry anthologies after the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)


懐剣

ja-noun

懐(かい)剣(けん) • (kaiken) ^(←くわいけん (kwaiken)?)

懐剣 (canonical)
kaiken (romanization)
kwaiken (romanization)
くわいけん (hiragana historical)

/kwaiken/ → /kaiken/
Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 懐 (kai, “bosom; the chest area of a kimono above the 帯 (obi, “sash”) and inside the collar”) + 剣 (ken, “sword”). Appears in texts from the 1300s.

compound

bosom; the chest area of a kimono above the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">帯</i> (obi, “sash”) and inside the collar

(poetry) 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


長歌

長歌 (canonical)
chōka (romanization)
tyauka (romanization)
ちやうか (hiragana historical)

/tɨau ka/ → /t͡ɕauka/ → /t͡ɕɔːka/ → /t͡ɕoːka/
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 長 (chō, “long”) + 歌 (ka, “poem, song”).

lang

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八千矛の神の命は八島国妻まきかねて遠遠し高志の国に賢し女を有りと聞かして麗し女を有りと聞こしてさ婚ひに有り立たし婚ひに有り通はせ大刀が緒もいまだ解かずて襲をもいまだ解かねば乙女の寝すや板戸を押そぶらひ我が立たせれば引こづらひ我が立たせれば青山にぬえは鳴きぬさ野つ鳥雉はとよむ庭つ鳥鶏は鳴く心痛くも鳴くなる鳥かこの鳥も打ち止めこせね　いしたふや天馳使ひ事の語り言もこをば

逢ふことの稀なる色に思ひそめわが身は常に天雲の晴るる時なく富士の嶺の燃えつつとはに思へども逢ふことかたし何しかも人をうら見むわたつ海の沖を深めて思ひてし思ひは今はいたづらになりぬべらなり行く水の絶ゆる時なくかくなわに思ひ乱れて降る雪の消なば消ぬべく思へども閻浮の身なればなほやまず思ひは深しあしひきの山下水の木隠れてたぎつこころを誰にかも相語らはむ色にいでば人知りぬべみすみぞめの夕べになればひとりゐてあはれあはれと嘆きあまりせむすべなみに庭にいでて立ちやすらへば白妙の衣のそでに置く露の消なば消ぬべく思へどもなほ嘆かれぬ春霞よそにもひとに逢はむと思えへば

(poetry) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae

(poetry) a tanka poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a chōka


長歌

From 長 (naga-, “long”) + 歌 (uta, “poem, song”).

prefix

(poetry, archaic) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae

(poetry, archaic) a mijikauta poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a nagauta

a long epic or folk song with a shamisen accompaniment developed in Edo during the 元禄 (Genroku) era


反歌

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 反 (han, “reflect, return”) + 歌 (ka, “poem”).

com

(poetry) a 短歌 (tanka, “short poem”) following a 長歌 (chōka, “long poem”) as a reflection or reply to the latter; compare English envoi


東歌

ja-noun

東(あずま)歌(うた) • (azuma uta) ^(←あづまうた (adumauta)?)

東歌 (canonical)
azuma uta (romanization)
adumauta (romanization)
あづまうた (hiragana historical)

From 東 (azuma, “east, lands east of the imperial capital”) + 歌 (uta, “poem, song”).

com

古今和歌集 古今和歌集#Japanese

(poetry, historical) 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)

(poetry) a Kantō-style 狂歌 (kyōka, “comical tanka”)


荒ぶ

荒ぶ (canonical)
arabu (romanization)
荒び (irrealis stem)
あらび (irrealis stem)
arabi (irrealis)
荒び (continuative stem)
あらび (continuative stem)
arabi (continuative)
荒ぶ (stem terminative)
あらぶ (stem terminative)
arabu (terminative)
荒ぶる (attributive stem)
あらぶる (attributive stem)
araburu (attributive)
荒ぶれ (realis stem)
あらぶれ (realis stem)
arabure (realis)
荒びよ (imperative stem)
あらびよ (imperative stem)
arabiyo (imperative)
荒びず (negative)
あらびず (negative)
arabizu (negative)
荒ぶれど (contrastive)
あらぶれど (contrastive)
araburedo (contrastive)
荒ぶれば (causative)
あらぶれば (causative)
arabureba (causative)
荒びば (conditional)
あらびば (conditional)
arabiba (conditional)
荒びき (past)
あらびき (past)
arabiki (past)
荒びけり (past)
あらびけり (past)
arabikeri (past)
荒びつ (perfect)
あらびつ (perfect)
arabitu (perfect)
荒びぬ (perfect)
あらびぬ (perfect)
arabinu (perfect)
荒びたり (continuative perfect)
あらびたり (continuative perfect)
arabitari (continuative perfect)
荒びむ (volitional)
あらびむ (volitional)
arabimu (volitional)

From the stem of adjective 荒らし (arashi, “rough, wild”) + ぶ (-bu, “to act like, to be (of a manner)”, precursor to modern suffix びる (-biru)).

荒れる

to become disordered; to become rough; to grow wild

1694, Matsuo Bashō, Rōka ate kyorai chokan [Recurring thoughts on leaving]:

Haikai is not merely simple construction, rude words, something drawn up with coarse tools

俳諧あらび可申候事は、言葉あらく、道具下品の物取出し申候事にては無

Haikai arabi-ka mōshisōra koto wa, kotoba araku, dōgu gehin no mono toridashi mōshisōra koto nite wa nai

(archaic, of poetry) to lack ornamentation, to be simple, be plain


自由律

ja-noun

自(じ)由(ゆう)律(りつ) • (jiyūritsu) ^(←じいうりつ (ziiuritu)?)

自由律 (canonical)
jiyūritsu (romanization)
ziiuritu (romanization)
じいうりつ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑijɯ̟ːɾʲit͡sɨ]


具足

From Old Japanese 具足 (gusoku). First cited to a portion of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 722.
In turn, borrowed from Middle Chinese compound 具足 (MC gjuH tsjowk, “to suffice; sufficient”, literally “provide, furnish + enough, abundant”), in evidence since at least the Lunheng of the first century CE.
Within Japanese, also analyzable as a compound of 具 (gu, “gear, equipment, furnishings”) + 足 (soku, “adding, making adequate”).

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(poetry) the subject matter alluded to by a 連歌 (renga, “linked poem”)


詩経

(literature, poetry) the Classic of Poetry


ポエジー

ja-noun

ポエジー • (poejī)


詩語

詩語 (canonical)
shigo (romanization)
sigo (romanization)
しご (hiragana historical)


句意

句意 (canonical)
kui (romanization)
くい (hiragana historical)


句会

句会 (canonical)
kukai (romanization)
kukwai (romanization)
くくわい (hiragana historical)


自句自解

自句自解 (canonical)
jikujikai (romanization)


吟社

吟(ぎん)社(しゃ) • (ginsha) ^(←ぎんしや (ginsya)?)

吟社 (canonical)
ginsha (romanization)
ginsya (romanization)
ぎんしや (hiragana historical)


韻士

韻士 (canonical)
inshi (romanization)
winsi (romanization)
ゐんし (hiragana historical)


かけことば

かけことば • (kakekotoba) ^(←かけことば (kakekotoba)?)

kakekotoba (romanization)
かけことば (hiragana historical)

From 掛(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).”) + 詞(ことば) (kotoba).

ja-compound

pivot word (a form of punning in traditional Japanese poetry)


詩題

詩題 (canonical)
shidai (romanization)
sidai (romanization)
しだい (hiragana historical)


体用

ja-noun

体(たい)用(ゆう) or 体(たい)用(よう) • (taiyū or taiyō)

体用 (canonical)
体用 (canonical)
taiyū (romanization)
taiyō (romanization)
体用 (canonical)
taiyō (romanization)

体 (“body”) + 用 (“use”), from Middle Chinese 體用. Also blend of 体言 + 用言.

(philosophy, Buddhism, poetry) Essence-Function; Substance and Function; Form and Attribute; that which is absolutely inherent and that which relatively manifests


モーラ

モーラ • (mōra)

Learned borrowing from Latin mora, via English mora.

Meronyms: 子音 (shiin, “consonant”), 母音 (boin, “vowel”)


劇詩

劇詩 (canonical)
gekishi (romanization)
gekisi (romanization)
げきし (hiragana historical)


制詞

(poetry) a word that is forbidden due to scansion, rarity, or unfamiliarity


拾遺和歌集

ja-pos

拾(しゅう)遺(い)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shūi Wakashū) ^(←しふゐわかしふ (Sifuwi Wakasifu)?)

拾遺和歌集 (canonical)
Shūi Wakashū (romanization)
Sifuwi Wakasifu (romanization)
しふゐわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 拾遺 (shūi, “gleaning”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

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勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the third of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 1005-07 CE


植え物

ja-noun

植(う)え物(もの) • (uemono) ^(←うゑもの (uwemono)?)

植え物 (canonical)
uemono (romanization)
uwemono (romanization)
うゑもの (hiragana historical)

Compound of 植え (ue, “planting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 植える (ueru, “to plant”)) + 物 (mono, “thing”).

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(poetry) types of plants used as subjects in renga and haikai


半臂

(poetry) Short for 半臂の句 (hanpi no ku, “(poetry) an adorned third line in a tanka”).


裏白

裏白 (canonical)
裏白 (canonical)
urajiro (romanization)

[ɯ̟ɾa̠ʑiɾo̞]

Literally, “back white”, 裏(うら) (ura, “back, reverse”) + 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”)

ja-compound

(poetry) Clipping of 裏白連歌 (urajiro renga).


懐紙

懐紙 (canonical)
kaishi (romanization)
kwaisi (romanization)
くわいし (hiragana historical)