節 (Setsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “occasion, time, section (of a literary work or piece of music), passage”.
Meanings
- nounoccasion; time
- nounsection (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph; verse; stanza
- nounclause
- nounseason; term
- nounone's principles; integrity
- nounnode (of a plant stem)
Examples
この１節を読み、日本語に翻訳せよ。
Read this passage and translate it into Japanese.
最後の２節を省略して歌いましょうか。
We'll sing that song, omitting the last two verses.
彼には加古川の人を軽蔑しているふしがある。
He seems to hold people from Kakogawa in contempt.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).