雑ざっ俳ぱい

noun

playful haikai literature

A broad term for light, humorous, or non-serious verse forms that grew out of haikai (haiku) traditions, including senryū, kyōka, and other comic linked-verse styles. Primarily a historical/literary category.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、雑ざっ俳ぱいと呼よばれる滑こっ稽けいな句くが庶しょ民みんに親したしまれた。

  In the Edo period, humorous verses called zappai were popular among common people.

• この句くは芸げい術じゅつ性せいよりも笑わらいを狙ねらった、いわゆる雑ざっ俳ぱいの一いっ種しゅだ。

  This verse aims for laughter rather than artistry; it is a kind of so-called zappai.