TANKA


Meaning of TANKA in English

/tahng"keuh/ , n. , pl. tankas, tanka . Pros.

a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.

[ 1915-20; duan short + ge song; cf. RENGA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .