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The Japanese word

俳句
is pronounced
haiku | はいく
means
haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables)
Examples:
俳句は季節と関連が深い。
haiku wa kisetsu to kanren ga fukai.
Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.
この文は俳句の調べ持つ文よ。
kono bun wa haiku no shirabe motsu bun yo.
This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku. | This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a good haiku.
これは芭蕉の非常に有名な俳句です。
kore wa bashō no hijō ni yūmei na haiku desu.
This is a very famous haiku by Basho.
梅沢君は若いときから俳句の趣味があった。
umezawa kun wa wakai toki kara haiku no jumi ga atta.
Umezawa has had the hobby of writing haikus since he was young.
トムとメアリーは昼の間じゅう樫の木陰で俳句を詠み交わしていた。
tomu to mearī wa hiru no ma jū kashi no kokage de haiku o yomi kawashi te i ta.
Under the shadow of the oak tree, Tom and Mary recited haiku to each other all day long.
日本のある有名な詩人は俳句におけるどのような固定化した考え方にも反対している。
nippon no aru yūmei na shijin wa haiku niokeru dono yō na kotei ka shi ta kangaekata ni mo hantai shi te iru.
A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.
そういえば、電車の中で隣に座ったほろ酔いのおっさんに、自分の俳句を見て欲しいと言われたことがある。
sō ie ba, densha no naka de tonari ni suwatta horoyoi no ossan ni, jibun no haiku o mi te hoshī to iwa re ta koto ga aru.
Now that I think of it, I've been asked to look at a haiku he'd written by the tipsy bloke sitting next to me on the train.
小学校低学年の頃、僕は父に俳句を教えられ、俳人に憧れた。七夕の願い事も「はい人になれますように」と書いた。あれから３０年、願いはかなった。今や僕は紛れもない廃人だ。
shōgakkō tei gakunen no koro, boku wa chichi ni haiku o oshie rare, haijin ni akogare ta. tanabata no negaigoto mo ' hai hito ni nare masu yō ni ' to kai ta. are kara san zero nen, negai wa kanatta. imaya boku wa magire mo nai haijin da.
When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org