Lingaku- haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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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.
A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.
Umezawa has had the hobby of writing haikus since he was young.
7. しょうがっこう小学校ていがくねん低学年のころ頃、ぼく僕はちち父にはいく俳句をおしえられ教えられ、はいじん俳人にあこがれた憧れた。たなばた七夕のねがいごと願い事もきごう「はいひと人になれますようにきごう」とかいた書いた。あれからさんじゅうねん３０年、ねがい願いはかなった。いま今やぼく僕はまぎれもない紛れもないはいじん廃人だ。
When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.
Under the shadow of the oak tree, Tom and Mary recited haiku to each other all day long.