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
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?