五ご七しち五ご

noun

5-7-5 syllable pattern

Refers to the metrical form of haiku, senryū, and similar verse, consisting of three phrases with 5, 7, and 5 morae respectively.

• 俳はい句くは五ご七しち五ごの十じゅう七しち音おんで作つくられます。

  Haiku are composed in seventeen syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern.

• この川せん柳りゅうは五ご七しち五ごのリズムが心地ここちよい。

  This senryū has a pleasant 5-7-5 rhythm.