tanka

English Thesaurus

1. a Tibetan religious painting on fabric (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	painting, picture,
definition	:	graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface (noun.artifact)

2. a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	poem, verse form,
definition	:	a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines (noun.communication)