tanka
Meaning
A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
Translations
Etymology
In summary
From Japanese 短歌 (tanka, “short song”), from Middle Chinese 短 (MC twanX) 歌 (MC ka) (compare Mandarin 短歌 (duǎngē) duǎngē).
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