- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [n, n-suf] section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  2. 2. [n, n-suf] {ling} phrase
  3. 3. [n, n-suf] verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  4. 4. [n, n-suf] haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  5. 5. [n, n-suf] maxim; saying; idiom; expression
  6. 6. [n, n-suf] {comp} clause (e.g. in a database query language)

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