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kigo

kigo noun: a seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.

Noun

kigo (plural kigo or kigos)

  1. A seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.

Forms of kigo

pluralkigo
pluralkigos

Origin of kigo

Borrowed from Japanese 季語 (kigo).

Questions about kigo

What does kigo mean?
Kigo means a seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.
What part of speech is kigo?
Kigo is a noun.
What is the plural of kigo?
The plural of kigo is kigo.

Words near kigo in the dictionary

  1. Kightly
  2. kights
  3. kigilyakh
  4. kigilyakhs
  5. Kigiryama
  6. kigo
  7. Kigoma
  8. kigos
  9. kigs
  10. Kigtan
  11. kigu

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