tanka

[ tahng-kuh ]

/ ˈtɑŋ kə /

noun, plural tan·kas, tan·ka.Prosody.

a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.

Origin of tanka

1915–20; <Japanese <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese duǎn short + gē song; cf. renga

Words nearby tanka

Tanjore, Tanjungkarang, Tanjungpandan, Tanjungpriok, tank, tanka, tankage, tankard, tank car, tank destroyer, tanked

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Example sentences from the Web for tanka

The tiresome habit of enumerating a woman's charms, either briefly or at length, is happily an impossibility in the tanka.
Myths & Legends of Japan|F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
One night Tanka, a Zen priest, stayed as a guest at an ordinary Buddhist monastery.
Zen Buddhism|Arthur Waley
The concluding hemistich, whereby the hokku becomes the tanka, is existent in the writer's mind, but never uttered.
Japanese Prints|John Gould Fletcher
Sooner or later this crystallized into what is called a tanka or short ode.
Japanese Prints|John Gould Fletcher

Such couplets were called shi to distinguish them from the pure Japanese uta or tanka.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tanka

tanka

/ (ˈtɑːŋkə) /

noun plural -kas or -ka

a Japanese verse form consisting of five lines, the first and third having five syllables, the others seven

Word Origin for tanka

C19: from Japanese, from tan short + ka verse

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单词	tanka
释义	tanka [ tahng-kuh ] / ˈtɑŋ kə / noun, plural tan·kas, tan·ka.Prosody. a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others. Origin of tanka 1915–20; <Japanese <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese duǎn short + gē song; cf. renga Words nearby tanka Tanjore, Tanjungkarang, Tanjungpandan, Tanjungpriok, tank, tanka, tankage, tankard, tank car, tank destroyer, tanked Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tanka The tiresome habit of enumerating a woman's charms, either briefly or at length, is happily an impossibility in the tanka. Myths & Legends of Japan\|F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis One night Tanka, a Zen priest, stayed as a guest at an ordinary Buddhist monastery. Zen Buddhism\|Arthur Waley The concluding hemistich, whereby the hokku becomes the tanka, is existent in the writer's mind, but never uttered. Japanese Prints\|John Gould Fletcher Sooner or later this crystallized into what is called a tanka or short ode. Japanese Prints\|John Gould Fletcher Such couplets were called shi to distinguish them from the pure Japanese uta or tanka. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2\|Various British Dictionary definitions for tanka tanka / (ˈtɑːŋkə) / noun plural -kas or -ka a Japanese verse form consisting of five lines, the first and third having five syllables, the others seven Word Origin for tanka C19: from Japanese, from tan short + ka verse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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