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俳人

はいじん

N2haiku poet

Examples

その俳人は旅先の風景を短い句に詠んだ。

地元の俳人を招き、季語について話を聞いた。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 俳人(はいじん) means a poet who writes 俳句(はいく), or haiku.
  • Basic usage: It is used for a haiku writer describing travel scenery or speaking about seasonal words.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • The work and its writer
    • 俳句 is the poem, while 俳人 is the person who writes it.
    • 詩人(しじん) is a broader word for a poet and is not limited to haiku writers.
  • Words indicating a season
    • 季語(きご) is a word indicating a season and can be a topic in a discussion of haiku.

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