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renga
(renga)
Pronunciation:
/ˈrɛŋgə/
noun
(
plural or
rengas
)
a Japanese poem in the form of a tanka (or series of tanka), with the first three lines composed by one person and the second two by another.
Origin:
Japanese, from
ren
'linking' +
ga
(from
ka
'poetry')
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