発句

連句の席では、主客が発句を詠むのが習わしだ。

At a linked-verse gathering, it is customary for the guest of honor to compose the opening verse.

発句には季語と切れ字を入れるのが決まりである。

The rule is that the opening verse must contain a season word and a cutting word.

亭主は客の発句に脇句を付けた。

The host added the second verse to his guest's opening verse.

芭蕉の発句は今でも多くの人に愛されている。

Basho's hokku are still loved by many people today.

明治時代に正岡子規が発句を俳句と呼ぶようになった。

In the Meiji era, Masaoka Shiki began calling the hokku "haiku."

彼は旅先で詠んだ発句を日記に書き留めた。

He wrote down in his diary the hokku he composed on his travels.