- しちごちょう
- [七五調] the seven-and-five-syllable meter.七五調
seven-and-five-syllable meter* * *しちごちょう【七五調】the seven-and-five-syllable meter.* * *しちごちょう【七五調】the seven-and-five-syllable meter characteristic of certain kinds of Japanese poetry.●七五調の詩 a poem [verse] in seven-and-five-syllable meter.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.