complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to complain; to make a complaint
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; 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
to complain; to lodge a complaint
undisputed; entirely; perfect
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
every single word and phrase; word by word
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
scripture; passage from scripture
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
word for word; verbatim; literally
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
sales message; sales copy
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment
every single word and phrase; each and every word
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
chapter and verse; paragraph; passage
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
last line of a poem; finally
first part of a poem or verse
linked verse; couplet; renku
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
Boys' Day celebration (May 5)
breaks and pauses (in a sentence); punctuation; way of reading (esp. kanbun)
famous saying; noted haiku
(a few) words; phrase; expression
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE); Koguryo
collection of haiku poems
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase; proverb; saying; quote
opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
jinku; lively Japanese folk song or dance tune
conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese
to compose a poem (esp. haiku)
repetition; accumulative clause; refrain; burden
witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism
slab with a haiku cut on it
last part of a poem or Bible verse
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
sumo-themed song; song sung at sumo events
beautiful passage of literature
first part of a poem; first part of a verse
ancient expression; old poem
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
baby's first annual festival
every single word and phrase; each and every word
poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
to declaim; to string together all sorts of flowery words
to make a witty remark; to come out with a bon mot
acrostic poetry; acrostic
verb phrase; verbal phrase
phrase used as an adjective
Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)
Girls' Festival (March 3); Dolls' Festival
adverbial phrase; adverb phrase
splendid haiku; well-turned phrase
Boys' Day celebration (May 5)
poetry form (esp. haiku); grammatical structure in kanbun
haiku given as an example
working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)
second verse (in a linked series of poems)
submitting a haiku (for publication)
phrase example; haiku example
golden (wise) saying; aphorism; maxim
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
Girl's Festival (March 3)
poetic instinct; taste for haiku
turning or twisting part of a text
lexical unit; lexical token
Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
development of a text; the second line in a four-line Chinese poem
every single word and phrase; each and every word
cognate object verb phrase
last part of a poem or Bible verse
shimo-no-ku karuta (var. of utagaruta played in Hokkaido)
contextually required token
noun equivalent; substantive
contextually optional token
adverb equivalent; adverbial equivalent
head-driven phrase structure grammar; HPSG
phrase structure grammar; PSG
reading Chinese in the Japanese order
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
story; tale; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting
adjective phrase; adjectival phrase
inherently optional token
original passage (in document)
participial attribute (e.g. in German); participatory attribute
unskilled haiku poem; clumsy haiku