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单词 tanka
释义

tanka

noun

tan·​ka ˈtäŋ-kə How to pronounce tanka (audio)
: an unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines containing five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively
also : a poem in this form compare haiku

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Her third and most critically acclaimed film, Forever a Woman (1955), is a tender, yearning portrait of a tanka poet with breast cancer and one of the first films anywhere to show a mastectomy. Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022 His haiku and tanka translations influenced Pound, Rexroth, and others. Jonathan Dee, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Japanese

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined above

tanka

noun

as in haiku

Synonyms & Similar Words

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