く
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
He quoted a passage from the Bible.
2. phrase
It's neither a sentence nor a phrase.
3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
A tanka is made up of five verses.
4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
My hobby is composing haiku when I travel.
5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression
I remembered the saying 'More haste, less speed.'
6. clause (e.g. in a database query language)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
く
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
verse
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
Examples (10 in total)
It's neither a sentence nor a phrase.
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