WORD DETAIL
押韻
おういん
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
押韻(おういん)is a noun for rhyme, the recurrence of similar sounds at corresponding positions in verse or writing. - Basic usage: Rhyme found at a poem's end appears in
詩の末尾にある押韻, while using it as a technique appears in押韻を用いる.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Corresponding sounds
- The focus is on sounds recurring at set positions in a poem, not on the visual shape of the written characters.
- Feature and technique
- It can name rhyme discovered in a work or rhyme deliberately used by a writer for an effect.

