Word Meaning 俳諧

はいかい haikai

俳諧 is read as はいかい (haikai) and means haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)
  2. haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
  3. absurd
  4. comical

Reading

Kana

はいかい

Romaji

haikai

Writing Variants

  • 誹諧 はいかい haikai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 23283 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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俳諧の連歌

はいかいのれんが

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

俳諧味

はいかいみ

haiku-like quality

俳諧師

はいかいし

writer of haikai poems

天狗俳諧

てんぐはいかい

parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)

俳優

はいゆう

actor

俳句

はいく

haiku

俳人

はいじん

haiku poet

俳壇

はいだん

the world of the haiku

俳優労働組合

はいゆうろうどうくみあい

Actors Equity Association

俳優組合

はいゆうくみあい

British Actors' Equity Association

俳名

はいめい

pseudonym of a haiku poet

俳文

はいぶん

prose with a poetic haiku flavor (flavour)