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自由詩 (じゆうし, jiyuushi) Japanese meaning: free verse | Kotomora

自じ由ゆう詩し

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Meanings

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free verse

Poetry that does not follow fixed meter or rhyme schemes.

彼かれは自じ由ゆう詩しを書かくのが好すきだ。
He likes writing free verse.

Kanji

自oneself
由wherefore, a reason
詩poem, poetry

Related words

定てい型けい詩し
定型詩 refers to fixed-form poetry with set patterns, while 自由詩 is free verse without such constraints.

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自じ由ゆう

Etymology

Compound of 自由 (freedom) and 詩 (poetry), directly translating the concept of 'free verse'.