haikai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai).

Noun

haikai (countable and uncountable, plural haikai) (poetry)

  1. A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
  2. A poem written in such a style.

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Japanese

Romanization

haikai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はいかい
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