verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
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haiku;first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
⑤
maxim;saying;idiom;expression
⑥
computing
clause (e.g. in a database query language)
①
ENIn 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.