Illustration: At the open veranda of a modest house, a poet pauses over a narrow strip of paper whose surface faces away from us. In the small garden, a frog has just plunged into a pond, leaving a widening ripple beside the last fallen cherry petals.

俳はい句く

haiku

Example sentences

これは芭蕉ばしょうの非常ひじょうに有名ゆうめいな俳句はいくです。
This is a very famous haiku by Basho.
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俳句はいくは季節きせつと関連かんれんが深ふかい。
Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.
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梅沢君うめざわくんは若わかいときから俳句はいくの趣味しゅみがあった。
Umezawa has had the hobby of writing haikus since he was young.
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Kanji in 俳句

俳haiku; actorOnハイ
句phrase; clauseOnク

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