発句|ほっくhokku[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounfirst 17-syllable verse of a renga
2. nounhaiku
3. nounfirst five-syllable line of a tanka

• Synonym俳句はいくNeutralThe standard modern term for a 5-7-5, 17-mora poem; it developed as an independent form out of the renga 「発句」 and is in general use today.
• Antonym付句WrittenWritten/formal renga and renku term for the verse that follows the previous one; it stands opposite the opening 「発句」.

For a 5-7-5 short poem in modern usage, say 「俳句」; 「発句」 is the first verse of a renga or renku, and also an old name for the haiku itself.

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1. 短歌たんか、漢詩かんしの最初さいしょの句く。
2. 短歌たんか、連句れんくの最初さいしょの五ご、七なな、五ごの句く。
3. 上記じょうきが独立どくりつして発達はったつしたもの。俳句はいく。
4. 競せりで一番いちばん初はじめにつける値あたい。