Jisho

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Noun
1. haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)
Noun
2. haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)Abbreviation, Historical term, See also 俳諧の連歌
Noun
3. absurd; comicalPoetical term
Wikipedia definition
4. HaikaiHaikai (Japanese 俳諧 comic, unorthodox) is a poetic genre that includes a number of forms which embrace the aesthetics of haikai no renga, and what Bashō referred to as the "poetic spirit" (fūga), including haiku, renku (haikai no renga), haibun, haiga and senryū. "Haikai" is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "haikai no renga".
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Other forms
誹諧 【はいかい】
Notes
誹諧: Rarely-used kanji form.

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