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| tan·ka [ tng k ] (plural tan·kas or tan·ka) |
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1. Japanese verse form: a five-line Japanese verse form in which the first and third lines have five syllables each and the other lines have seven syllables each.
See also haiku
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2. Japanese poem: a poem with a tanka verse structure
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| [Late 19th century. < Japanese< tan "short" + ka "song"] |
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