The seasonal phrase for this time of year is this. It apparently means “there is dense mist all round”. Do you agree to this comment on thick fog at this time?
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。意味としては、「深い霧が立ち込める」ということらしいですが、霧って見ますか、この時期に？
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The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is this, “evening cicadas sing”, which somehow implies a sort of loneliness, that is, a feeling the summer season is finally ready to leave.
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今ぐらいの時節の七十二候の名称です。寒蝉はひぐらしだそうですが、何とはなしに夏ももう終わっていくのかなという寂しさを感じます。
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“First cool breeze in fall blows” is a seasonal phrase for this time of year. Today it is quite windy because of the typhoons but we don’t feel this kind of pleasantly cool wind.
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。今日は台風の影響でかなり強い風が吹いていますが、涼風とは言い難いのです。
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“Sometimes a massive rainfall occurs” is the seasonal phrase for this week or so. We have heavy rainfalls at times for sure around this time of year. However, the scale of “heavy” seems to have changed comparing when I was growing up.
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「大雨時行」。この時期の七十二候の名称がこれです。ときどき大雨が降るということのようで、確かにその通りですが、大雨の規模が昔とは違ってきている気がします。
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The seasonal phrase for these five days or so is this. It means “Earth gets wet; air gets hot and humid”. I have no objection at all.
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この1週間たらずの期間の七十二候の名称です。土が潤って蒸し暑い。その通りです。
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This is the seasonal phrase given to these days of end of July. If we only think of the letters, it seems to mean the empress trees begin to bloom first flowers. However, I learned this phrase means the blossoms begin to bear fruits. The flowers are known to bloom in early summer.
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この7月の終わりの時期の七十二候の名称です。字だけを見ると桐のお花が咲き始めるという意味みたいですが、その花が実を結びだすという意味のようです。お花は初夏に咲くのだそうです。
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It has been so very hot since early morning, and I found out today falls on Dashu (solar term), literally, great heat, which means today is the day of extreme heat according to solar term.
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朝からずいぶん暑いと思ったら、今日は二十四節気の大暑のようです。
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Crystalline Buddhist rosary/
Feels cold/
Dashu (solar term) or the summer day of extreme heat/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is this. It literally means “decayed grass becomes fireflies”, which is “fireflies appear from the decayed grass”.
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。枯れたる草 蛍と為る。枯れた草から蛍が生じるということらしいです。
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This is the seasonal phrase for this time of the year. “Montes come into the world.” I don’t care much for this kind of insects. However, I guess this must be the most representative example for this season.
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この時期の七十二候の名称がこれです。「蟷螂生」私はあまり好きではありません。でもこの季節を象徴するものの代表なのでしょう。
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The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is “Flight of geese travel back to north”. Surely, we have been having warm days, or rather, as it is so warm you could use the word “hot” at times. I, unfortunately, am ignorant about this bird’s behavior, though.
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この時期の七十二候の名称は、「鴻雁北」で、雁が北方に戻っていくということだそうです。このところ暖かいというより、いきなりむしろ暑いと感じる日も増えてきました。けれども、この鳥の習性のことはわかりません。
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