tanka in English
noun
1
a Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third of which have five syllables and the other seven, making 31 syllables in all and giving a complete picture of an event or mood.
An exquisite lyricism informs her maturing vision and technique as she distills emotion into ever more restrictive forms: sonnets and ballads, tankas and haikus.
2
a Tibetan religious painting on a scroll, hung as a banner in temples and carried in processions.
Scroll paintings called tanka that depicted the various gods and saints of Lamaist Buddhism decorated every temple.
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2. He contributed extensively to the society's literary magazine, with elegant tanka verses, written in an easy-to-understand colloquial language.
3. Good karuta players memorize all 100 tanka poems and the layout of the cards at the start of the match.