即そく吟ぎん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

improvisation of a poem; improvising a poem

Refers to composing a poem on the spot, often in traditional forms like haiku or tanka. The verb form is 即吟する.

• 彼かれはその場ばで一いっ句く即そく吟ぎんした。

  He improvised a haiku on the spot.

• 即そく吟ぎんを求もとめられて、少すこし困こまった。

  I was a bit troubled when asked to improvise a poem.