[ya] (prt) (1) such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; (2) (See や否や) (after the dictionary form of a verb) the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; (int) (3) punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; (aux) (4) (ksb #31

季

[き, ki] (n) (1) season; (2) seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); (3) (See 一季・2, 半季・1) year #4742

句

[く, ku] (n, n-suf) (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; (2) { ling } phrase; (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression; (P) #7280

俳句

[はいく, haiku] (n) haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae; (P) #7960

俳人

[はいじん, haijin] (n) haiku poet; (P) #12223

川柳

[せんりゅう, senryuu] (n) (See かわやなぎ) comic haiku; (P) #18893

句集

[くしゅう, kushuu] (n) collection of haiku poems; (P) #19302

かえるの目借時;蛙の目借時;蛙の目借り時

[かえるのめかりどき;かえるのめかるどき(かえるの目借時;蛙の目借時);かわずのめかりどき(蛙の目借時;蛙の目借り時), kaerunomekaridoki ; kaerunomekarudoki ( kaeruno me shaku toki ; kaeru no me shaku t] (exp) springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)

ハイク

[haiku] (n) hike; (P)

ハイクオリティ

[haikuoritei] (n) high quality

ハイクラス

[haikurasu] (adj-na, n) high class

ハイクリヤー

[haikuriya-] (n) high clear

ヒッチハイク

[hicchihaiku] (n) hitch-hike; (P)

一句

[いっく, ikku] (n) (1) phrase (verse, line); (2) one haiku-poem

一句詠む

[いっくよむ, ikkuyomu] (v5m) to make up a haiku poem

花鳥諷詠

[かちょうふうえい, kachoufuuei] (exp) (See 花鳥風月) the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku)

海鼠

[なまこ(gikun);かいそ;こ(ok);ナマコ, namako (gikun); kaiso ; ko (ok); namako] (n) (uk) (often translated as "sea slug" in anglicized haikus) (See 海牛・うみうし) sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

季寄せ

[きよせ, kiyose] (n) (See 歳時記) dictionary of seasonal words (for haiku and haikai)

季語

[きご, kigo] (n) seasonal word (in haiku); (P)

季詞;季言葉

[きことば, kikotoba] (n) (obsc) (See 季語) seasonal word (in haiku)

季題

[きだい, kidai] (n) (in haiku) word or theme which indicates a season

狂句

[きょうく, kyouku] (n) type of comic haiku

句を作る

[くをつくる, kuwotsukuru] (exp, v5r) to compose a haiku poem

句会

[くかい, kukai] (n) gathering of haiku poets

句形

[くけい, kukei] (n) (1) (See 句法・1) poetry form (esp. haiku); (2) (See 句法・2) grammatical structure in kanbun

句作

[くさく, kusaku] (n, vs) composing haiku poems

句心

[くごころ, kugokoro] (n) poetic instinct; taste for haiku

句碑

[くひ, kuhi] (n) slab with a haiku cut on it

歳時記

[さいじき, saijiki] (n) almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)

雑俳

[ざっぱい, zappai] (n) playful literature originating from haiku

山笑う

[やまわらう, yamawarau] (exp) mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time (usu. in haiku); laughing mountain

山眠る

[やまねむる, yamanemuru] (exp) (See 山笑う) mountain in the winter (usu. in haiku); sleeping mountain

秀句

[しゅうく, shuuku] (n) splendid haiku; well-turned phrase

春浅し

[はるあさし, haruasashi] (exp) (See 季語・きご) early, superficial indications of spring (haiku term)

蕉風

[しょうふう, shoufuu] (n) correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)

切れ字;切字

[きれじ, kireji] (n) punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.

千代女

[ちよじょ, chiyojo] (n) name of a haiku poetess

天明調

[てんめいちょう, tenmeichou] (n) (1) (See 天明・2, 蕉風) style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); (2) (See 狂歌) style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)

点者

[てんじゃ, tenja] (n) critic of haiku poetry

俳画

[はいが, haiga] (n) briefly drawn picture; haiku picture

俳句会

[はいくかい, haikukai] (n) haiku gathering

俳号

[はいごう, haigou] (n) pseudonym of a haiku poet

俳聖

[はいせい, haisei] (n) famous haiku poet; the poet Basho

俳壇

[はいだん, haidan] (n) the world of the haiku