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Kigo
"Sound word" used in Japanese poetry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Kigo (disambiguation).
A kigo (季語, 'season word') is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in traditional forms of Japanese poetry. Kigo are used in the collaborative linked-verse forms renga and renku, as well as in haiku, to indicate the season referred to in the stanza. They are valuable in providing economy of expression.
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