中ちゅう句く

noun

middle part of a verse

Used in the context of traditional Japanese poetry, such as renga or haikai, to refer to the middle section of a verse.

• 連れん歌がでは、発ほっ句くの次つぎに脇わき句く、そして中ちゅう句くが続つづく。

  In renga, after the opening verse comes the second verse, and then the middle verse.