川柳 (せんりゅう)senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
- senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poemnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 川柳
- 川Stream; River; River Or Three-stroke River Radical (no. 47)Read with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 柳WillowRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 川かわriver; stream
- 小川おがわstream; brook
- 河川かせんrivers
- 谷川たにがわmountain stream
- 川口かこうmouth of river; estuary
- 川上かわかみupper reaches of a river; upstream
- 川端かわばたriverbank
- 河川敷かせんじきflood plain; river terrace
- 柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)
- 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- 花柳かりゅうred-light district
- 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょうkitchen knife for sashimi
- 花柳界かりゅうかいred-light district; pleasure quarters
- 化粧柳けしょうやなぎchosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia) (species of willow, also Salix arbutifolia)
- 垂れ柳しだれやなぎweeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 大葉柳おおばやなぎSalix urbaniana (species of willow)
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