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hokku
[ haw-koo, hok-oo ]
hokku
/ ˈhɒkuː /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hokku1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Japanese, from hok “departure, start” (akin to Cantonese faat, Korean bal, Mandarin fā ) + ku “phrase, stanza” (akin to Cantonese geoi, Korean gu, Mandarin jù )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hokku1
from Japanese, from hok beginning + ku hemistich
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Example Sentences
The most attenuated form of all is the hokku (or haikai) which consists of only three lines, namely, 17 syllables.
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He reformed the hokku, by introducing into everything he wrote a deep spiritual significance underlying the words.
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The concluding hemistich, whereby the hokku becomes the tanka, is existent in the writer's mind, but never uttered.
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The reader can now see for himself what the main object of the hokku poetry is, and what it achieved.
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That is not to say, that, by taking the letter for the spirit, we should in any way strive to imitate the hokku form.
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