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| hai·ku [ h k ] (plural hai·ku) |
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short Japanese poem: a form of Japanese poetry with 17 syllables in three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often describing nature or a season
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| [Late 19th century. < Japanese< hai "amusement" (< Middle Chinese bəij) + ku "sentence" (< Middle Chinese kuəh)] |
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