HAIKAI

Meaning of HAIKAI in English

ˈhīˌkī noun

( plural haikai )

Etymology: Japanese

: an often playful type of Japanese verse or prose cultivated in the later feudal ages — compare haiku , hokku

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HAIKAI — /huy"kuy/ , n. , pl. haikai for 2. Pros. 1. an informal type of linked verse originated by Basho, a …
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HAIKAI — plural haikai, Japanese in full haikai no renga a comic renga, or Japanese linked-verse form. The haikai was developed as …
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IHARA SAIKAKU — or Ibara Saikaku known as Saikaku orig. Hirayama Togo born 1642, Ōsaka, Japan died Sept. 9, 1693, Ōsaka Japanese poet …
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HAIKU — /huy"kooh/ , n. , pl. haiku for 2. 1. a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided …
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HAIKU — [ 'hʌɪku: ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines …
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WAKA — Japanese poetry, specifically the court poetry of the 6th to the 14th century, including such forms as the choka and …
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RENGA — plural renga genre of Japanese linked-verse poetry in which two or more poets supplied alternating sections of a poem. The …
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HAIKU — also called Hokku, Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables …
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YAMAZAKI SOKAN — born c. 1465, Omi province, Japan died c. 1552, Shikoku? Japanese renga (linked-verse) poet of the late Muromachi period (13381573) …
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SOCHO — born 1448, Suruga province [now in Shizuoka prefecture], Japan died April 11, 1532, Japan also called Sokan, or Saiokuken Japanese …
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NISHIYAMA SOIN — born 1605, Higo Province, Japan died May 5, 1682, Kyoto? original name Nishiyama Toyoichi renga (linked-verse) poet of the early …
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MATSUNAGA TEITOKU — born 1571, Kyoto died Jan. 3, 1654, Kyoto original name Matsunaga Katsuguma, also called Shoyuken, or Chozumaru renowned Japanese scholar …
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KOBAYASHI ISSA — born June 15, 1763, Kashiwabara, Shinano province, Japan died Jan. 5, 1828, Kashiwabara also called Kobayashi Yataro, original name Kobayashi …
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JAPANESE LITERATURE — the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, in the Chinese classical …
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IHARA SAIKAKU — born 1642, Osaka, Japan died Sept. 9, 1693, Osaka Ihara also spelled Ibara, original name probably Hirayama Togo poet and …
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HAIKU — / ˈhaɪkuː; NAmE / noun ( pl. haiku or haikus ) (from Japanese ) a poem with three lines and …
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HAIKU — hai ‧ ku /ˈhaɪkuː/ BrE AmE noun ( plural haiku or haikus ) [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Japanese …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IHARA SAIKAKU — or Ibara Saikaku known as Saikaku orig. Hirayama Togo born 1642, 014C; saka, Japan died Sept. 9, 1693, 014C; saka …
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