noun, noun, used as a suffix
section of text; sentence; passage
Refers to a unit or stretch of wording in a written text, from a short sentence-like segment to a passage. In everyday writing, 文 or 段落 may be more specific depending on the exact unit.
文章を短い句に区切って読む。
Read the text by dividing it into short sections.
先生は本文中の難しい句に線を引いた
The teacher underlined a difficult passage in the text.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Linguistic term for a phrase, especially in compounds such as 名詞句 and 動詞句.
「赤い花」は名詞句として働く。
"Red flower" functions as a noun phrase.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
verse unit; poetic line
A unit of Japanese or Chinese verse, such as a 5- or 7-mora unit in Japanese poetry. Common in literary discussion and in terms like 上の句 and 下の句.
短歌は五つの句から成る。
A tanka consists of five verse units.
百人一首では、上の句を聞いて下の句を取る。
In Hyakunin Isshu, players hear the first part of the poem and take the card with the latter part.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
haiku; opening verse of renga
Poetic use: 句 can refer to a haiku, often in 一句詠む, and also to the initial 17-mora verse of linked verse.
春の季語を入れて一句詠んだ。
I composed a haiku using a spring seasonal word.
連歌の最初の句は発句と呼ばれる。
The first verse of a renga is called the hokku.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Used for memorable or fixed wording, especially as a suffix in compounds such as 慣用句, 成句, 警句, and 名句.
この慣用句は直訳すると意味が分かりにくい。
This idiom is hard to understand if translated literally.
「油を売る」は日本語の成句だ。
"Abura o uru" is a set expression in Japanese.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Computing term for a clause in a formal language, especially database query language; often seen in compounds such as WHERE句.
SQLのWHERE句で検索条件を指定する。
Specify the search conditions in the SQL WHERE clause.