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句く

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Meaning

1. ①
  
  section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. ②
  
  linguistics
  
  phrase
  
  この句くでは前置詞ぜんちしを省略しょうりゃくできる。
  
  You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
3. ③
  
  verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
4. ④
  
  haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
5. ⑤
  
  maxim; saying; idiom; expression
6. ⑥
  
  computing
  
  clause (e.g. in a database query language)
1. ①
  
  EN In everyday speech, a phrase may be any group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning; in this sense it is roughly synonymous with expression.
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