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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Japanese
Origin: haikai no ku 'not serious poem'

haiku

 noun
     
Related topics: Literature
hai‧ku plural haiku or haikus [countable]
AL a type of Japanese poem with three lines consisting of five, seven, and five syllables
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