Practice JLPTMeaning
詠む (よむ, yomu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “compose”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
美しい 風景を 見て 俳句を 詠んだ
I looked at the beautiful scenery and read some haiku aloud.
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.
それを見た熊野は、歌を詠む。
Seeing this, Yuya makes a poem.
光秀は短冊に辞世の句を詠む。
Then Mitsuhide writes his dying poetry on an oblong card.
和歌を詠む人のことを歌人という。
The people who compose Waka are called Kajin poets.
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).
その 詩は 無名の 著者が 詠んだ。
The poem was composed by an anonymous author.
自分の心を偽らずに詠むところが特徴。
They expressed their minds quite frankly without disguising, that is considered to be the specific characteristic of the poets of that period.
歌風としては、革新的な歌を詠むことで知られた。
He was famous for his innovative poetical style.
西行は、院の浅ましいすがたを嘆き、一首の歌を詠む。
Saigyo grieves at the shameful In, and makes a poem.
もっとも、天皇自身は中華人民共和国が反日を強めるまでは、この訪問を御製に詠むなどしていた。
However, the Emperor had often referred to the visit to China by composing Waka (31-syllable Japanese poems) and other means until anti-Japanese sentiment in China became stronger.