諧

Meaning

諧 centers on harmony: a state where different elements come together smoothly and agreeably, like voices blending in unison.

• 俳諧はいかい

  haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)

• 諧謔かいぎゃく

  joke; jest; banter

• 俳諧の連歌はいかいのれんが

  haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

• 俳諧味はいかいみ

  haiku-like quality; clever feeling; witty flavor

• 俳諧師はいかいし

  writer of haikai poems

• 半諧音はんかいおん

  assonance

• 和諧わかい

  harmonious divorce settlement

• 和諧号わかいごう

  Hexie (Chinese high-speed train)

• 天狗俳諧てんぐはいかい

  parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results); tengu haiku

• 滑稽諧謔こっけいかいぎゃく

  smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs

• 諧和かいわ

  gentle mutual affection; harmony

• 諧声かいせい

  vocal harmony; harmonious voice; harmonious voices

• 諧調かいちょう

  harmonious melody; harmony; unity; euphony

• 諧謔を弄するかいぎゃくをろうする

  to crack jokes

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