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佳句

かく

a fine line of verse; a beautiful passage of literature

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Examples

  1. この詩には佳句が多い。

    このしにはかくがおおい。

    This poem has many beautiful lines.

  2. 先生は名言佳句を手帳に書き留めている。

    せんせいはめいげんかくをてちょうにかきとめている。

    The teacher writes down fine sayings and elegant lines in a notebook.

  3. 古今の佳句を集めた一冊を贈られた。

    ここんのかくをあつめたいっさつをおくられた。

    I was given a volume collecting fine verses old and new.

Common patterns

名言佳句
fine sayings and elegant lines
佳句を味わう
to savour a beautiful line
佳句を選ぶ
to select the finest lines

Memory tip

佳 means excellent or lovely (as in 佳作, a commended work) and 句 is a phrase or a haiku, so 佳句 is a line worth quoting. It is literary criticism vocabulary; do not confuse the sound かく with 画 (strokes) or 各 (each).

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