句

Meaning

句 centers on a bounded unit of language: a phrase, clause, sentence, or passage. The counter-for-haiku sense is a natural extension of counting such units.

• 文句もんく
  N3

  complaint; grumbling; objection

• 挙句あげく
  N1

  after (a long process); at the end of

• 句く
  N3

  section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph

• 俳句はいく
  N2

  haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

• 語句ごく
  N1

  words and phrases; words

• 絶句ぜっく

  being lost for words; becoming speechless

• 高句麗こうくり

  Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE); Koguryo

• 桃の節句もものせっく

  Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival

• 節句せっく
  N1

  seasonal festival

• 一句いっく

  phrase (verse, line)

• 句読点くとうてん
  N2

  punctuation mark

• 禁句きんく
  N1

  taboo word; forbidden topic

• うたい文句うたいもんく

  catchphrase; promotional line; slogan

• 常套句じょうとうく

  conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché

• 句集くしゅう

  collection of haiku poems

• 句会くかい

  gathering of haiku poets

• 句点くてん

  period; full stop

• 美辞麗句びじれいく

  flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

• 字句じく

  wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

• 下の句しものく

  last part of a poem or Bible verse

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