詩作|しさくshisaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcomposition of a poem
Conjugation
Dictionary form詩作する(しさくする)
Polite (masu)詩作します(しさくします)
Negative (nai)詩作しない(しさくしない)
polite (masen)詩作しません(しさくしません)
classical zu / nu詩作せず・詩作せぬ(しさくせず・しさくせぬ)
Past (ta)詩作した(しさくした)
polite (mashita)詩作しました(しさくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)詩作しなかった(しさくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)詩作しませんでした(しさくしませんでした)
Te form詩作して(しさくして)
Potential詩作できる(しさくできる)
Passive詩作される(しさくされる)
Causative詩作させる(しさくさせる)
Causative passive詩作させられる(しさくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)詩作すれば(しさくすれば)
tara詩作したら(しさくしたら)
Volitional詩作しよう(しさくしよう)
polite (mashou)詩作しましょう(しさくしましょう)
Imperative詩作しろ(しさくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym作歌さっかWrittenWritten/formal prose; refers specifically to composing tanka, whereas 「詩作」 usually means writing poems, especially modern poetry.
  • Related詠えいWrittenWritten/formal prose; reciting or composing poetry, mostly used as a word element and rarely on its own.
  • Related詠歌えいかWrittenWritten/formal prose; chanting or composing waka, also the 「御詠歌」 sung on Buddhist pilgrimages.
  • Related賦詠ふえいWrittenFormal written prose; composing and reciting poetry; very rarely used.

In everyday speech you'd say 「詩を書く」; 「詩作」 belongs to written/formal prose, as in 「詩作にふける」. Use 「作歌」 for composing tanka and 「詠歌」 for chanting waka; 「詠」 and 「賦詠」 are rare literary terms.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 詩しを作つくること。また、その詩し。
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