く – Vocabulary details

く

Noun

Suffix

1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph

2. phrase

3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)

4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression

く

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

verse

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

このくはどう意い味みですか。

What does this phrase mean?

辞じ書しょでそのくを調しらべなさい。

Look up the phrase in your dictionary.

このくでは前ぜん置ち詞しを省しょう略りゃくできる。

You can omit the preposition in this phrase.

私わたしは単たん語ごやくをたくさん覚おぼえなければならない。

I have to learn many words and phrases by heart.

彼かれはそのくの文も字じどおりの意い味みを説せつ明めいした。

He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.

jpdb beta