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tanka::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | poem, verse form |
Examples of tanka
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Tanka boatmen of similar origin were also found in small numbers along the coast.
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Even tanka, which goes with 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables on each line was too limiting.
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Since then, the generic term waka came to be almost synonymous with tanka.
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It is used to mean the phonetic units counted in haiku, tanka and other such poetic forms.
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Lung cancer is more prevalent among the tanka, or boat people, than among local Cantonese.
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His emotions mostly emerged in these tanka, or 31-syllable poems.
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The carbonised, face-down Buddhas of his tanka found peace again.
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Tanka is attributed with having written commentaries on Chandogya Upanishad and Brahma Sutras.
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The coins current were tanka-i-Barari, dam and Rupee.
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- A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
- A Tibetan religious painting on fabric
- A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5,7,5,7,7 syllables
- (Tankan) Results of a quarterly on business sentiments and on actual data of business performances such as production, sales, and business fixed investments. ...
- (Tankas) Sanitary inspector(s); Town council worker(s)
- (TAH'N-KAH)-short poem- Consisting of 31 sound units in five phrases of 5-7-5-7-7, this lyrical form has existed since earliest recorded Japanese literature. Along the way it has also been called uta or waka. ...
- Japanese poetic form that is made up of 5 lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count. Haiku derives from tanka.
- (short poem) A lyric poem with the typical form five-seven-five-seven-seven onji (see ji-amari). In many ways equivalent to the sonnet in the West, the tanka was the primary genre of Japanese poetry from Manyoshu times through about the fourteenth century, and still flourishes. ...
- Tanka consists of 31 onji sounds (or under). It is limited to 5 lines, with the traditional syllabic count usually being 5-7-5-7-7 onji. It is sometimes written in one line, but the more contemporary way of displaying Tanka is in 5 lines.
