waka
/wah-kuh/US // ˈwɑ kə //UK // (ˈwɔːkə) //
瓦卡,华卡,和歌
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural wa·ka, wa·kas.
- : Prosody. tanka.
- : poetry written in Japanese, as distinct from poetry written in Chinese by a Japanese writer, or poetry in other languages.
Examples
Waka Nené carried on the fighting on his own account, and in a skirmish with him Heké was badly wounded.
Four hundred soldiers, supported by as many Ngapuhi friendlies under Waka Nené, marched against it.
Waka Nené was given a pension of £100 a year, and ostentatiously honoured and consulted.
Amé-no-waka-hiko also, whom they sent, did not declare an answer, but immediately perished by the calamity of a bird on high.
At this moment Ame-waka was resting after the harvest feast.
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