tanka - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • write: However, there are widely differing views about the right ways and wrong ways of writing tanka in English.

Adjective modifier

  • traditional: There is a small section at the back of the book about traditional Japanese tanka.
  • English-language: American Tanka #12 This magazine is an international journal devoted exclusively to single English-language tanka.
  • modern: The translations are among the best of all modern tanka.

Modifies a noun

  • poetry: However, well before this, tanka poetry had a sense of beauty which was very different from colorful spring and autumn scenes.
  • poet: The most comprehensive look at the writings of an early, influential modernist tanka poet.
  • form: Many of these, of course, are in tanka form.
  • magazine: Ms Kato was aged 16 when she began to be noticed in tanka magazines.
  • program: Inspired by her success, Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, aired its first keitai tanka program in 2002.
  • writer: This new venture brings into sharp focus some of the best haiku and tanka writers writing in English today.

Noun used with modifier

  • keitai: Inspired by her success, Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, aired its first keitai tanka program in 2002.

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