文句【もんく】
complaint, grumbling, objection, phrase, words, expression
俳句【はいく】
haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
句【く】
section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph, phrase, verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry), haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc., maxim, saying, idiom, expression
句集【くしゅう】
collection of haiku poems
絶句【ぜっく】
being lost for words, becoming speechless, jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
字句【じく】
wording, words and phrases, way of expression, token
一句【いっく】
phrase (verse, line), one haiku-poem
句会【くかい】
gathering of haiku poets
語句【ごく】
words, phrases
決まり文句【きまりもんく】
set phrase, stock phrase, conventional expression, usual wording, cliché, clichéd line
節句【せっく】
seasonal festival
連句【れんく】
linked verse, couplet
詩句【しく】
verse
名句【めいく】
famous saying, noted haiku
警句【けいく】
aphorism, epigram, witticism, bon mots
美辞麗句【びじれいく】
flowery words, rhetorical flourishes
甚句【じんく】
lively song, lively dance
句読点【くとうてん】
punctuation mark
禁句【きんく】
taboo word
殺し文句【ころしもんく】
clincher, pick-up line, honeyed phrase, telling phrase, phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
