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俳
俳
10 strokes
Frequency: 1137
JLPT N1
Grade 6

Meanings

haiku
actor

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ハイ

Common Words

俳優
はいゆう
Noun
Freq #11715
1

actor; actress; player; performer

Examples
彼は俳優になるべきだった。
He ought to have been an actor.
徘徊
はいかい
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #12766
1

wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around

Examples
別に制服着込んだ外宇宙の使者が、伴侶を求めて徘徊してるわけでもなかろうに。
It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into school uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.
俳句
はいく
Noun
Freq #30521
1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Examples
これは芭蕉の非常に有名な俳句です。
This is a very famous haiku by Basho.
俳諧
はいかい
誹諧
Noun
Freq #53455
1

haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)

2

Abbreviation; Historical term

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

3

Poetical term

absurd; comical

俳人
はいじん
Noun
Freq #63446
1

haiku poet

映画俳優
えいがはいゆう
Noun
Freq #67923
1

movie (film, screen) actor or actress

Examples
その映画俳優にはファンが多い。
That movie star has many fans.
舞台俳優
ぶたいはいゆう
Noun
Freq #70122
1

stage actor; stage actress

俳諧師
はいかいし
Noun
Freq #92133
1

writer of haikai poems

俳号
はいごう
Noun
Freq #130355
1

pseudonym of a haiku poet

俳味
はいみ
Noun
Freq #130590
1

subdued taste; refined taste; haiku (poetic) flavor (flavour)

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