Associations to the word «Waka»

Wiktionary

WAKA, noun. (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
WAKA, noun. A Maori canoe.
WAKA GASHIRA, noun. Middle man in practice right under the Yakuza clan leader, the oyabun. The waka gashira sees to it that the oyabun's orders are carried out correctly by the wakashu.

Wise words

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire