百人一首

Compound of 百人(ひゃくにん) (hyakunin, “hundred persons”) + 一首(いっしゅ) (isshu, “poem”, literally "one + counter for poems").

• (Tokyo) ひゃくにんい​っしゅ [hyàkúníń íꜜsshù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ça̠kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ĩɰ̃ iɕːɯ̟ᵝ]

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) • (hyakunin isshu) 

1. an anthology of one hundred poems by one hundred poets, one poet for each poem

   Synonyms: 百首 (hyakushu), 百人首 (hyakuninshu)

• 愛(あい)国(こく)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Patriotic Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled during World War II
• 小(お)倉(ぐら)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the "Ogura Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 13th century
• 冠(かん)玉(ぎょく)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Kangyoku Hyakunin Isshu)
• 狂歌(きょうか)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu): the "Comic Hundred Poems" anthology, published in 1843
• 続(しょく)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Shoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Hundred Poems Continued", compiled in 1893
• 新(しん)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ) (Shin Hyakunin Isshu): the "New Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled in 1483

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) • (Hyakunin Isshu) 

1. short for 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): a famous "one hundred poems anthology", used as the basis of certain card games

• 百(ひゃく)人(にん)一首(いっしゅ)一(ひと)夕(よ)話(がたり) (Hyakunin Isshu Hitoyogatari): an interpretation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poems by Ozaki Masayoshi

In haikai circles, the pronunciation is sometimes contracted to ひゃくにんしゅ (hyakuninshu), as in 百人首 (hyakuninshu, literally “collection of hundred poets”).