句|くku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
   彼かれはその句くの文字もじどおりの意味いみを説明せつめいした。↗

   He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
2. noun, noun (suffix), linguisticsphrase
   この句くでは前置詞ぜんちしを省略しょうりゃくできる。↗

   You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
3. noun, noun (suffix)verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
4. noun, noun (suffix)haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
5. noun, noun (suffix)maxim; saying; idiom; expression
6. noun, noun (suffix), computingclause (e.g. in a database query language)

• SynonymフレーズNeutralA loanword for a phrase or wording, also a musical phrase, as in 「キャッチフレーズ」. Neutral in register.
• Related俳句はいくNeutralRefers specifically to haiku, the 5-7-5 verse form. 「句」 often serves as its abbreviation, but 「句」 also broadly covers sentences and verse lines.
• Related発句ほっくWrittenA literary-history term for the opening verse of a renga or renku — the form from which haiku developed. Written/formal in register.
• Related十七文字WrittenA literary way of referring to haiku by its seventeen morae; written/formal in flavor.

「句」 covers phrases and lines of verse, and also works as a short form of 「俳句」. Use the full 「俳句」 to name haiku plainly, and 「フレーズ」 for set phrases or musical phrases; 「発句」 and 「十七文字」 are literary terms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （ク）言葉ことばのまとまり。語句ごく。
2. （ク）俳句はいく。また連歌れんが・連句れんくの発句ほっくや脇わき句く。
3. （ク）短歌たんか・俳句はいくなどで、原則げんそくとして5音おんまたは7音おんからなるひとまとまり。
4. （ク）漢詩かんしで、4字じ・5字じ・7字じなどからなるひとまとまり。
5. （ク）複数ふくすうの語ごが組み合くみあわさって一定いっていの意味いみを表あらわすひとまとまり。cf. 語ご、節ふし。
6. （ク）文ぶんの切れ目きれめ。　cf. 読よみ
7. （ク）俳句はいくなどを数かぞえるのに用もちいる助数詞じょすうし。