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If you have been studying Japanese for some time, you might have heard of Japanese poetry genres such as the haiku or tanka. Frankly speaking, some of these genres can be a bit difficult to grasp even for advanced Japanese speakers as they may use difficult kanji characters along with formal and/or traditional language. However,…