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Dictionary: “句”

句

く

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

Example sentence

He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.

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Kun/On information

句
On
く
Kun
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5

・phrase

・clause

・sentence

・passage

・paragraph

・counter for haiku

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句読点

くとうてん

→

punctuation mark

句集

くしゅう

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collection of haiku poems

句

く

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phrase

句

く

→

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

句

く

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haiku;first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

句

く

→

maxim;saying;idiom;expression

句

く

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clause (e.g. in a database query language)

句会

くかい

→

gathering of haiku poets

句作

くさく

→

composing haiku poems

句々

くく

→

every clause

句を作る

くをつくる

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to compose a haiku poem

句を切る

くをきる

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to punctuate a sentence

句例

くれい

→

phrase example;haiku example

句動詞

くどうし

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phrasal verb

句形

くけい

→

poetry form (esp. haiku)

句心

くごころ

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poetic instinct;taste for haiku

句意

くい

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meaning of phrase

句構造文法

くこうぞうぶんぽう

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phrase structure grammar;PSG

句構造規則

くこうぞうきそく

→

phrase structure rule

句法

くほう

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conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry;phraseology;diction

句点

くてん

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period;full stop

句碑

くひ

→

slab with a haiku cut on it

句節

くせつ

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phrases and clauses

句義

くぎ

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meaning of a phrase

句読

くとう

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breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

句読文字

くとうもじ

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punctuation character

句読法

くとうほう

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punctuation rules

句題

くだい

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subject for a haiku

句形

くけい

→

grammatical structure in kanbun

句法

くほう

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rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

句読

くとう

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punctuation

句読

くとう

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way of reading (esp. kanbun)

句切り

くぎり

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pause (in speech, writing, etc.);punctuation

句句

くく

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every clause

句切り

くぎり

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break;end;(place to) stop;pause;milestone (e.g. in a project)

句切る

くぎる

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to divide;to separate;to partition;to demarcate;to delimit;to mark off

句切る

くぎる

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to punctuate;to mark off (with a comma);to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud);to space one's words