句 : Phrase

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Components:

勹口

phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

On 'yomi:

ク(ku)

Nanori:

すく(suku)

Strokes:	5
Radical:	口 (30)
Usage Rating:	1244

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	5

Unicode:	053e5
jis208:	22-71

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句 Usage examples

難句(なんく)	difficult phrase
短句(たんく)	short phrase
うたい文句(うたいもんく) 謳い文句(うたいもんく)	catchphrase, promotional line
句を切る(くをきる)	to punctuate a sentence
句を作る(くをつくる)	to compose a haiku poem
隻句(せっく)	a few words
名詞句(めいしく)	noun phrase, NP
句構造規則(くこうぞうきそく)	phrase structure rule
句構造文法(くこうぞうぶんぽう)	phrase structure grammar, PSG
主辞駆動句構造文法(しゅじくどうくこうぞうぶんぽう)	head-driven phrase structure grammar, HPSG
副詞句(ふくしく)	adverbial (adverb) phrase
句碑(くひ)	slab with a haiku cut on it
名文句(めいもんく)	witty (happy, apt) remark, well-worded saying, epigram, aphorism
楽句(がっく)	(musical) phrase
文句を付ける(もんくをつける)	to complain, to lodge a complaint
文句なし(もんくなし) 文句無し(もんくなし)	undisputed, entirely, perfect
相撲甚句(すもうじんく)	sumo-themed song, song sung at sumo events
形容詞句(けいようしく)	adjective phrase, adjectival phrase
名詞相当語句(めいしそうとうごく)	noun equivalent (noun, pronoun, gerund, etc.), substantive
仮定法相当語句(かていほうそうとうごく)	subjunctive equivalent
形容詞相当語句(けいようしそうとうごく)	adjectival equivalent
副詞相当語句(ふくしそうとうごく)	adverb equivalent
相当語句(そうとうごく)	equivalent
片言隻句(へんげんせっく)	few words, single phrase
言々句々(げんげんくく) 言言句句(げんげんくく)	every single word and phrase, each and every word
一語一句(いちごいっく)	every single word and phrase, each and every word
一言隻句(いちごんせっく)	every single word and phrase, each and every word
一字半句(いちじはんく)	a single word, (not even) a word, (not even) a syllable
一瞬絶句(いっしゅんぜっく)	rendered speechless for a moment
金言名句(きんげんめいく)	golden (wise) saying, aphorism, maxim
五言絶句(ごごんぜっく)	poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
七言絶句(しちごんぜっく)	poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
美辞麗句を連ねる(びじれいくをつらねる)	to declaim, to string together all sorts of flowery words
四字成句(よじせいく)	Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
聖句(せいく)	passage from scripture
句心(くごころ)	poetic instinct, taste for haiku