tankas
- plural of tanka.
Example Sentences
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Those who do not win have another consolation: some may be invited to the Phoenix Hall of the Imperial Palace to hear the tankas composed by members of the Imperial family.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also composed tankas, the evocative 31-syllable poems of Japan.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas and fishing boats which crowded the harbor of Hong Kong.
From Around the World in 80 Days Junior Edition by Verne, Jules
At the port situated at the mouth of the Canton river was a regular confusion of ships of all nations, commercial and warlike: junks, sempas, tankas, and even flower-boats, like floating garden-borders.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules
He remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which crowd the harbour of Hong Kong.
From Around the World in 80 Days by Verne, Jules
