1.〈外〉短歌
1.a five-line Japanese verse form in which the first and third lines have five syllables each and the other lines have seven syllables each.
2.a poem with a tanka verse structure
3.a Tibetan Buddhist painting in a form that can be rolled up, displayed, or carried as a banner
1.The carbonised, face-down Buddhas of his tanka found peace again.
他诗中那些面地碳焦的佛陀再次找到了静谧和安详。
2.Smoke, to them, is the breath of life and connects them with the Great Spirit, Wakan Tanka .
在他们看来,烟斗中出来的烟是生命的呼吸,而且会将他们和伟大的神灵“神力”相连。
3.Application of Metaphor in Japanese tanka and Its Figurative Cognition
隐喻在日语短歌中的运用及其意象认知