Kanji
句
N1
5 strokes
Grade 5
freq #1244
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph
On'yomi (音読み)
ク
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
俳句
はいく
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
文句
もんく
complaint; grumbling
句
く
section (i.e. of text); sentence
句集
くしゅう
collection of haiku poems
絶句
ぜっく
being lost for words; becoming speechless
字句
じく
wording; words and phrases
一句
いっく
phrase (verse, line)
句会
くかい
gathering of haiku poets
語句
ごく
words and phrases; words
節句
せっく
seasonal festival
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
決まり文句
きまりもんく
set phrase; stock phrase
殺し文句
ころしもんく
clincher; pick-up line
Example sentences
そういえば、電車(でんしゃ)の中(なか)で隣(となり)に座(すわ)ったほろ酔(よ)いのおっさんに、自分(じぶん)の俳句(はいく)を見(み)て欲(ほ)しいと言(い)われたことがある。
Now that I think of it, I've been asked to look at a haiku he'd written by the tipsy bloke sitting next to me on the train.
俳句(はいく)は季節(きせつ)と関連(かんれん)が深(ふか)い。
Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.
彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の部屋(へや)が狭(せま)いといつも文句(もんく)を言(い)っている。
He is always complaining of his room being small.
彼(かれ)はいつも食べ物(たべもの)に文句(もんく)を言(い)ってばかりいる。
He's always complaining about the food.