俳はい諧かい

noun

haikai (genre); haikai poetry

Collective term for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, and related forms. In modern usage, often refers to the broader poetic tradition stemming from Bashō and his school.

• 芭ば蕉しょうは俳はい諧かいの巨きょ匠しょうとして知しられている。

  Bashō is known as a master of haikai.

• この句く会かいでは伝でん統とう的てきな俳はい諧かいを学まなぶことができる。

  At this poetry gathering, you can learn traditional haikai.

noun

haikai no renga; humorous renga

Historical abbreviation for 俳諧の連歌, a 16th-century style of linked verse characterized by humor, wit, and often vulgar themes. Distinct from the later refined haikai of Bashō.

See also: 俳諧の連歌

• 俳はい諧かいの連れん歌がは、和わ歌かの伝でん統とうをくずした滑こっ稽けいな連れん歌がだった。

  Haikai no renga was a humorous linked verse that broke with waka tradition.

• 山やま崎ざき宗そう鑑かんは俳はい諧かいの連れん歌がの祖そとされる。

  Yamazaki Sōkan is considered the founder of haikai no renga.

noun

absurd; comical; witty

Poetic or literary use, often describing something as absurd or comical in a refined, waka-like context. Rare in modern everyday language.

• その歌うたには俳はい諧かいの趣おもむきがある。

  That poem has a haikai-like wit.

• 彼かれの振ふる舞まいはまさに俳はい諧かいとしか言いいようがない。

  His behavior can only be described as absurd.