体たい言げん止どめ

noun

ending a sentence or poem with a noun or noun phrase

A rhetorical device in Japanese where a sentence or line ends with a noun or noun phrase, omitting the predicate. Common in poetry, advertising, and literary prose for emphasis or a lingering effect.

• 俳はい句くでは、体たい言げん止どめがよく使つかわれる。

  In haiku, ending with a noun is often used.

• 「夕ゆう焼やけの空そら。」は体たい言げん止どめの例れいだ。

  "The sunset sky." is an example of a noun-ending.