Waka Definition
wäkä
noun
Any of various Japanese verse forms alternating lines of five and seven morae with an additional last line of seven morae, especially tanka.
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Other Word Forms of Waka
Noun
Singular:
waka
Plural:
wakasOrigin of Waka
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Japanese wa Japanese, of Japan (from Early Middle Chinese ʔwa Japan, the Japanese) (also the source of Mandarin wō archaic name for Japan) ka song, poem (from Middle Chinese ka tanka)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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