Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。He explained the literal meaning of the phrase. phrase
Linguistics
verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
maxim; saying; idiom; expression
clause (e.g. in a database query language)
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文句もんく
CommonN3Nouncomplaint; grumbling; objection · phrase; words; expression
禁句きんく
CommonNountaboo word; forbidden topic · words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
語句ごく
CommonN1Nounwords and phrases; words
絶句ぜっく
CommonNoun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbeing lost for words; becoming speechless · jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
俳句はいく
CommonN2Nounhaiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
挙句あげく
CommonAdverb (fukushi), Nounafter (a long process); at the end of · last line (of a renga)
節句せっく
CommonNounseasonal festival
慣用句かんようく
CommonNounidiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
美辞麗句びじれいく
CommonNoun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
一句いっく
Nounphrase (verse, line) · one haiku-poem
下句しもく
Nounlast part of a poem or Bible verse
佳句かく
N1Nounbeautiful passage of literature
警句けいく
Nounaphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
原句げんく
Nounoriginal passage (in document)
古句こく
Nounancient expression; old poem
詩句しく
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'verse
字句じく
Nounwording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
惹句じゃっく
Nouncatchphrase (esp. in advertising)
上句かみく
Nounfirst part of a poem; first part of a verse
冗句じょうく
Nounredundant phrase · joke
甚句じんく
Nounjinku; lively Japanese folk song or dance tune
成句せいく
Nounidiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase · proverb; saying; quote; aphorism
単句たんく
Nounsimple phrase
中句ちゅうく
Nounmiddle part of the verse
倒句とうく
Nounreading Chinese in the Japanese order
半句はんく
Nounbrief word
句々くく
Nounevery clause
発句ほっく
Nounfirst 17-syllable verse of a renga · haiku · first five-syllable line of a tanka
対句ついく
Nouncouplet; antithesis
章句しょうく
Nounchapter and verse; paragraph; passage
狂句きょうく
Nountype of comic haiku
結句けっく
Nounlast line of a poem · finally
秀句しゅうく
Nounsplendid haiku; well-turned phrase
類句るいく
Nounsimilar phrase
名句めいく
Nounfamous saying; noted haiku
駄句だく
Nounpoor poem
麗句れいく
Nounelegant phrase
連句れんく
Nounlinked verse; couplet; renku
起句きく
Nounopening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem
難句なんく
Noundifficult phrase
短句たんく
Nounshort phrase
隻句せっく
Nouna few words
楽句がっく
Nounphrase
聖句せいく
Nounscripture · passage from scripture
承句しょうく
Noundevelopment of a text · the second line in a four-line Chinese poem
転句てんく
Nounturning or twisting part of a text
脇句わきく
Nounsecond verse (in a linked series of poems)
初句しょく
Nounfirst five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
拙句せっく
Noununskilled haiku poem; clumsy haiku