都都逸

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
と > ど
Grade: 3
と > ど
Grade: 3
いつ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
都都逸 (kyūjitai)
都々逸
都都一
都々一

Etymology

Clipping of 都都逸節 (dodoitsu-bushi, a specific form of poetry popular in the early 1800s, during the late Edo period).

Pronunciation

Noun

()()(いつ) (dodoitsu

  1. (poetry) dodoitsu: a specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN