haikai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai).

Noun

haikai (countable and uncountable, plural haikai) (poetry)

1. A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
2. A poem written in such a style.

Related terms

• haiku
• hokku

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俳諧／俳谐 (zh) (páixié)

• Japanese: 俳諧 (ja) (haikai)

Anagrams

• Hiʻiaka

Japanese

Romanization

haikai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はいかい