- く
- (n,n-suf) (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; (2) {ling} phrase; (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression; (P)[edict]