General term for poetry or a poem, including both Japanese and Western styles.
彼は美しい詩を書く。
He writes beautiful poems.
He composed a poem after seeing the beautiful scenery.
この詩集には現代詩が多く収められている。
This poetry collection contains many modern poems.
Specifically refers to classical Chinese-style poetry (漢詩).
See also: 漢詩
彼は漢詩を朗読した。
He recited a Chinese poem.
彼女は式で詩を朗読した。
She read a poem aloud at the ceremony.
The painter expressed his heartbreak in a poem.
俳句 is a fixed 5-7-5 syllable Japanese poem form, whereas 詩 has no set structure and covers poetry in general.
詩歌 is a formal umbrella term for poems and verse of all kinds, while 詩 usually refers to a single poem or poetry as a genre.
漢詩 names classical Chinese-style poetry specifically, which is exactly the narrower sense that 詩 can take in sense 2.
詩 is the native, more traditional Japanese word for a poem, while ポエム is a modern loanword that often carries a softer, more personal or Western artistic feel.
オード refers specifically to a formal, elevated ode, while 詩 is the general word for any poem, verse, or poetry.
詩 is the usual modern word for poetry, while 歌 read as うた in this sense is more literary or title-like.
詩 refers to poetry in general, whether or not it is set to music, while 歌詞 specifically means the words of a song.
詩 (a poem) and 詞 (song lyrics or a word/part of speech) are pronounced identically but refer to different things in writing and meaning.
詩 (poetry) shares the same reading し with 史 but has an unrelated meaning, so listeners must rely on context or kanji.
For poems — waka, tanka, haiku (一首).
For literary works — poems, stories, essays, novels.
poet
seasonal feature; thing evocative of a season · seasonal poem; poem about natural scenery
poetic; poetical
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
epic poem; epic poetry
minstrel; troubadour
collection of poems; book of poetry · Psalms; Book of Psalms
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
poetics; study of poetry
From Middle Chinese 詩 (shi, 'poetry'). The character 詩 is composed of 言 (speech) and 寺 (temple), but the derivation is uncertain.
recitation of Chinese poems (in Japanese)
poetic sentiment; poetic inspiration
verse making; versification
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
poem composition; writing poetry
dramatic poem; dramatic poetry; dramatic verse
original poem
ancient poems; old poetry
historical poem
excellent poem; fine poetry
elegy
Tang poetry; poetry of the Tang period
elegy; mourning poem
lüshi; regulated verse
old poem