月並み

/t͡sɨkʲina̠mʲi/
JAPONCA → TR

Tanım

•trite · commonplace, conventional · hackneyed

Etimoloji

Originally meant monthly, the shift in meaning can be attributed to Monthly Haiku Gatherings (月並句合), during the Bunka era (1804-1818). These events involved people submitting haiku, and the best ones were published. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the renowned haiku poet Masaoka Shiki criticized the often uninspired and conventional haiku produced at these monthly gatherings, referring to them as…