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tanka
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈtæŋ.kə/ us /ˈtæŋ.kə/pluraltanka or ortankas
a short Japanese poem with 31 syllables: 短歌（有31个音节的日本短诗歌）
The poems show the influence of Japanese forms such as the tanka and the haiku.这些诗歌体现了如短歌和俳句等日本诗歌形式的影响。
For me, this tanka centres on the close relationship that a mother can have with her son.在我看来，这首短歌的中心思想是母亲与儿子之间的亲密关系。
See also
haiku
This tanka can be read as affirming the positive acceptance of nature’s gifts.
He was a journalist, tanka poet, and former editor of O'ahu's Japanese newspaper Nippu Jiji (later The Hawai'i Times).
Haiku or hokku literally means "starting verse" because it was originally the beginning of an older verse form called the tanka.
The poems, mainly in the 31-syllable, 5-line tanka genre, were written in Chinese characters.
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