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kakekotoba (掛詞) or
pivot word is a
rhetorical device used in the ****anese
poetic form waka. This
trope uses the
phonetic reading of a
grouping of kanji...
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Double entendres have a rich
history in ****anese
entertainment (such as in
kakekotoba) due to the language's
large number of
homographs (different meanings...
- form): [citation needed] This poem is a
complex set of puns (in ****anese,
kakekotoba or "pivot words").
Taihei (泰平)
means 'tranquil'; Jōkisen (上喜撰) is the...
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released by
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Kakekotoba, or
pivot word, a
technique in ****anese
poetry Bernard Pivot (1935–2024)...
- are set
before certain words, and make use of
wordplay through similes,
kakekotoba and homonyms. The
makurakotoba is
closely related to the
jokotoba as a...
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jokotoba 序詞 Literally, "preface words".
Longer versions of makura-kotoba
kakekotoba 掛詞 Literally, "hanging word". A word
deliberately used to
convey two meanings...
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single released by
Greeeen on May 28, 2008. The term "Kiseki" is the
kakekotoba of "Miracle" (奇跡, Kiseki) and "Track" (軌跡, Kiseki) in the
lyrics of the...
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interconnected whole.
Tanka often made use of the
literary technique kakekotoba, a
method that
involved using homonyms and homophones. For example, one...
- the way). Some more
makurakotoba are
listed below:
Honkadori Jokotoba Kakekotoba Kenning Onomatopoeia The
Pillow Book
Utamakura The Holy
Kojiki -- Including...
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common techniques include engo [ja] (intertextually ****ociated words),
kakekotoba (pivot words), and
mitate (figurative language). The
makurakotoba epithets...
