詩し

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

General term for poetry or a poem, including both Japanese and Western styles.

Specifically refers to classical Chinese-style poetry (漢詩).

詩しを詠よむto compose or recite a poem
彼かれは美うつくしい景色けしきを見みて詩しを詠よんだ。
He composed a poem after seeing the beautiful scenery.
詩しを朗ろう読どくするto recite a poem aloud
彼かの女じょは式しきで詩しを朗ろう読どくした。
She read a poem aloud at the ceremony.
〈事こと〉を詩しに詠よむto express something in a poem
その画が家かは失しつ恋れんを詩しに詠よんだ。
The painter expressed his heartbreak in a poem.

和わ歌かN1sense 1
和歌 refers specifically to classical Japanese-style poetry, while 詩 is a broader term covering Japanese, Western, or Chinese poems.
俳はい句くN2sense 1
俳句 is a fixed 5-7-5 syllable Japanese poem form, whereas 詩 has no set structure and covers poetry in general.
詩歌しいか sense 1
詩歌 is a formal umbrella term for poems and verse of all kinds, while 詩 usually refers to a single poem or poetry as a genre.
漢かん詩し sense 2
漢詩 names classical Chinese-style poetry specifically, which is exactly the narrower sense that 詩 can take in sense 2.

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ポエム
詩 is the native, more traditional Japanese word for a poem, while ポエム is a modern loanword that often carries a softer, more personal or Western artistic feel.
オード
オード refers specifically to a formal, elevated ode, while 詩 is the general word for any poem, verse, or poetry.
歌うたN5
詩 is the usual modern word for poetry, while 歌 read as うた in this sense is more literary or title-like.
歌か詞し
詩 refers to poetry in general, whether or not it is set to music, while 歌詞 specifically means the words of a song.

詞し
詩 (a poem) and 詞 (song lyrics or a word/part of speech) are pronounced identically but refer to different things in writing and meaning.
史し
詩 (poetry) shares the same reading し with 史 but has an unrelated meaning, so listeners must rely on context or kanji.

詩し人じんN3
poet
風ふう物ぶつ詩し
seasonal feature; thing evocative of a season · seasonal poem; poem about natural scenery
詩し的てき
poetic; poetical
詩し集しゅう
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
叙じょ事じ詩し
epic poem; epic poetry

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From Middle Chinese 詩 (shi, 'poetry'). The character 詩 is composed of 言 (speech) and 寺 (temple), but the derivation is uncertain.