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n. A Japanese verse form in five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the rest of seven.

n. A Tibetan religious painting on fabric, usually portraying the Buddha or lamas in stereotyped aspects.

n. a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5,7,5,7,7 syllables

n. a strong, forceful expression

n. a Tibetan painting of the Buddha on fabric.

n. A kind of boat used in Canton, about 25 feet long and often rowed by women.

n. A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

n. The boat population of Canton in southern China, the descendants of an aboriginal tribe named Tan, who were driven by the advance of Chinese civilization to live in boats upon the river, and who have for centuries been forbidden to live on the land.

n. a Tibetan religious painting on fabric

n. a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables

"In it, the concluding hemistich of the tanka is left off, and it is just in his hemistich that the meaning of the poem is brought out, so that the hokku is a mere essence, a whiff of an idea to be created in full by the hearer."

picture    painting    poem    verse form   

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