句 — phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Readings

On'yomi

ク

Example words

• 俳句はいくhaiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
• 文句もんく(1) phrase (2) complaint
• 句く(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
• 句読点くとうてんpunctuation mark; punctuation marks
• 語句ごくwords; phrases
• 佳句かくbeautiful passage of literature