Kakekotoba
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kakekotoba-191-5008055
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Kakekotoba
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A kakekotoba (掛詞) or pivot word is a rhetorical device used in the Japanese poetic form waka. This trope uses the phonetic reading of a grouping of kanji to suggest several interpretations: first on the literal level, then on subsidiary homophonic levels. Thus it is that many waka have pine trees waiting around for something. The presentation of multiple meanings inherent in a single word allows the poet a fuller range of artistic expression with an economical syllable-count. Such brevity is hig
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2022-12-11T01:17:30Z
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