片言隻句 – vocab dash

片へん言げん隻せっ句く

Meanings

Noun

1. few words; single phrase (Yojijukugo)

Other readings

片へん言げん隻せき句く

Kanji used

片one of a pair 言say 隻(seafaring) vessel 句phrase

Pitch accent

へんげんせっく

Composed of

片へん言げん

brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

Noun

隻せき

counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen)

Counter

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; …

Noun