senryu topics: "kidoairaku"

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 kidoairaku (喜怒哀楽) — tr.: happiness, anger, sorrow, cheerfulness— the term used to define the entire range of human emotions. Senryu are said to be poems about kidoairaku, while haiku — poems about kachōfūgetsu (花鳥風月) —flowers, birds, wind and moon 

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