Meanings
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
Kanji used
phrase
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (81 in total)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
taboo word
next (spoken) word
Examples (5 in total)
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