Nouncomplaint; grumbling; objection · phrase; words; expression

Nountaboo word; forbidden topic · words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)

Nouncollection of haiku poems

Nounwords and phrases; words

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbeing lost for words; becoming speechless · jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

Nounhaiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Adverb (fukushi), Nounafter (a long process); at the end of · last line (of a renga)

Nounseasonal festival

Nounidiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

Nounpunctuation mark

Nounpause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation · break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off · to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'undisputed; entirely; perfect

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

Nounphrase (verse, line) · one haiku-poem

Nounlast part of a poem or Bible verse

Nounbeautiful passage of literature

Nounmeaning of phrase

Noungathering of haiku poets

Nounmeaning of a phrase

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcomposing haiku poems

Nounphrases and clauses

Nounperiod; full stop

Nounbreaks and pauses (in a sentence) · punctuation · way of reading (esp. kanbun)

Nounconventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction · rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

Nounaphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots

Nounoriginal passage (in document)

Nounancient expression; old poem

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'verse

Nounwording; words and phrases; way of expression; token

Nouncatchphrase (esp. in advertising)

Nounfirst part of a poem; first part of a verse

Nounredundant phrase · joke

Nounjinku; lively Japanese folk song or dance tune

Nounidiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase · proverb; saying; quote; aphorism

Nounsimple phrase

Nounmiddle part of the verse

Nounreading Chinese in the Japanese order

Nounbrief word

Nounevery clause

Nounfirst 17-syllable verse of a renga · haiku · first five-syllable line of a tanka

Nouncouplet; antithesis

Nounchapter and verse; paragraph; passage

Nountype of comic haiku

Nounlast line of a poem · finally

Nounsplendid haiku; well-turned phrase