section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph

Meaning

  1. nn-suf
    section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  2. nn-suf
    phrase
  3. nn-suf
    verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  4. nn-suf
    haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  5. nn-suf
    maxim; saying; idiom; expression
  6. nn-suf
    clause (e.g. in a database query language)

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