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Illustration of 佳句

佳句かく

かく kaku Play N1 Noun

文章や詩の中の、表現が美しい一節。 beautiful passage of literature

Example 1

彼女は古い随筆から佳句を選び、手帳に書き留めた。

She selected a beautiful passage from an old essay and wrote it down in her notebook.

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Example 2

この詩には、心に残る佳句がいくつもある。

This poem contains several beautiful passages that stay with you.

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Kanji breakdown

佳

N1

excellent; beautiful; good; pleasing; skilled

On reading
カ
Kun reading
Radical
人

句

N1

phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku

On reading
ク
Kun reading
Radical
口
Illustration of 語句
N1

ごく

words; phrases

Illustration of 句

句

N3

く

sentence

Illustration of 文句
N3

もんく

phrase; complaint

Illustration of 俳句
N2

はいく

haiku poetry

Illustration of 句読点
N2

くとうてん

punctuation marks