hai·ku
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Audio Help [hahy-koo] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ku for 2.
| 1. | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
| 2. | a poem written in this form. |
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n. pl. haiku also hai·kus
[Japanese : hai, amusement (from Middle Chinese bəij, pha·j) + ku, sentence (from Middle Chinese kuəh).] |
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haiku
1899, from Japanese, where it is singular of haikai, in haikai no renga "jesting linked-verse;" originally a succession of haiku linked together into one poem. The form developed mid-16c.
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| haiku | |
noun | |
| an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines |
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haiku [(heye-kooh)]
A form of Japanese poetry. A haiku expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion
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Haiku-Pauwela, HI (CDP, FIPS 9260) Location: 20.92138 N, 156.30432 W
Population (1990): 4509 (1649 housing units)
Area: 40.8 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)
Haiku, HI Zip code(s): 96708
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