| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 句 | く | section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim, saying, idiom, expression |
| 俳句 | はいく | haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables) |
| 文句 | もんく | phrase; complaint |
| 句集 | くしゅう | collection of haiku poems |
| 揚げ句 | あげく | in the end, finally, after all, at last |
| 絶句 | ぜっく | become speechless |
| 字句 | じく | wording, words and phrases, way of expression, token |
| 一句 | いっく | phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem |
| 句会 | くかい | gathering of haiku poets |
| 語句 | ごく | words, phrases |
