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haikai
[ hahy-kahy ]
noun
, Prosody.
, plural hai·kai
- an informal type of linked verse originated by Bashō, a 17th-century Japanese poet.
- a poem of this type.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haikai1
First recorded in 1880–85; from Japanese haikai (no renga) “jesting (linked verse),” from hai “actor” (akin to Cantonese paai, Korean bae, Mandarin pái ) + kai “harmony” (akin to Cantonese haai, Korean hae, Mandarin xié )
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Example Sentences
The very word poetry (or haikai) came in his mouth to stand for morality.
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The most attenuated form of all is the hokku (or haikai) which consists of only three lines, namely, 17 syllables.
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After a while the same practice was applied to comic poetry, thus producing the so-called haikai-no-renga, or comic linked verses.
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