recitation, poem, song, composing

  • JLPT N1
  • 12 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 言
  • #2000 most frequent

Human Activities · Culture Art

Flashcards

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
エイ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
よ.むうた.う

Example sentences 3

重胤は一首を詠む。

And Shigetane composed a poem.

千住で船を下りて詠む。

They got off the boat at Senju and Basho composed the following haiku.

俳句を詠む(作る)人を俳人と呼ぶ。

A person who composes haiku poems is called a "haijin" (a haiku poet).