rhyme

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is いん, and no kun reading is listed. It has 19 strokes. It appears in words for rhyme and meter in poetry.
• Basic usage: 押韻 is read おういん and 韻律 is read いんりつ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 押韻 / 韻律
  • 押韻 means rhyme and is read おういん. It refers to rhyme produced by matching sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
  • 授業で詩の末尾にある押韻を探した。 means “In class, we found the rhymes at the ends of the poem's lines.”
  • 韻律 means rhythm or meter and is read いんりつ. It refers to the rhythm or meter perceived when a poem is read.
  • 声に出して読むと詩の韻律がよく分かる。 means “Reading aloud makes the poem's rhythm easy to feel.”