句
句

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

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Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

phrase

Constituents

勹bound up
口mouth

Mnemonic Stories

A phrase is a series of words bound up and packaged together by your mouth.

A bound mouth cannot speak a single phrase.

Dictionary

Common Words

文句もんくNounFreq #1792
1

complaint; grumbling; objection

Examples
そんなことは君が文句を言う理由にはならないよ。
That doesn't give you grounds for complaining.
2

phrase; words; expression

Examples
その文句は、人を侮辱するためのものだ。
The phrase is meant to insult people.
文句を言う文句をいうもんくをいうExpressionGodan verbFreq #3968
1

to complain; to make a complaint

絶句ぜっくぜくNoun～する VerbFreq #5031
1

being lost for words; becoming speechless

2

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

挙句挙げ句揚げ句揚句あげくNounFreq #7489
1

Adverb (fukushi); Esp. after plain past verb, or as 〜のあげく(に)

after (a long process); at the end of

Examples
コンピューターを物色して歩いたあげく、デイヴィドより２００ドル安い値段で手に入れた。
I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.
2

last line (of a renga)

平句ひらくNounFreq #9293
1

ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

区切るくぎる句切るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #10719
1

to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off

Examples
グラウンドは白線で３つに区切られている。
The playground is divided into three areas by white lines.
2

to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words

詩句しくNoun～の Adj.Freq #14245
1

verse

区切り句切りくぎりNounFreq #14338
1

pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation

2

break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)

句くNounNoun suffixFreq #15976
1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph

Examples
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
2

Linguistics

phrase

Examples
この句では前置詞を省略できる。
You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
3

verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)

4

haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

5

maxim; saying; idiom; expression

6

Computing

clause (e.g. in a database query language)

文句なし文句無しもんくなし～の Adj.Freq #21125
1

undisputed; entirely; perfect

Examples
彼は文句無しの巨人だ。
He is altogether a giant.
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