季き語ご

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Meanings

A word or phrase that indicates a particular season, used in traditional Japanese poetry such as haiku and renga. Each 季語 is associated with a specific season and is collected in reference books called 歳時記.

俳はい句くには必かならず季き語ごを一ひとつ入いれる。
You always include one seasonal word in a haiku.
「雪ゆき」は冬ふゆの季き語ごだ。
"Snow" is a winter seasonal word.

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Usage patterns

季き語ごを入いれるto include a seasonal word (in a haiku)
俳はい句くには季き語ごを入いれるのが基き本ほんだ。
It's a basic rule of haiku to include a seasonal word.
季き語ごを使つかうto use a seasonal word
この句くでは「桜さくら」という季き語ごを使つかっている。
This poem uses the seasonal word 'sakura' (cherry blossom).
季き語ごを詠よみ込こむto work a seasonal word into a poem
彼かれは俳はい句くに季き語ごを巧たくみに詠よみ込こんだ。
He skillfully wove a seasonal word into his haiku.
季き語ごがないto lack a seasonal word (of a haiku)
この句くには季き語ごがないので無季俳句むききはいくと呼よばれる。
This poem has no seasonal word, so it's called a 'kigo-less' haiku.