The phrase for this time of year goes “Male pheasant begins crying”. Pheasants are Japan’s national bird. Apparently, this is a courtship behavior. It is still cold, though.
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今ぐらいの時期の七十二候の名称です。雄の雉が求愛行動として鳴き始めるということらしいです。まだ寒いですけどね。
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This is the seasonal wordage of this time of year, literary, “fountain water moves”. As this is the coldest season, many people would try to avoid going out if possible. However, in nature, subtle changes are about to happen such as frozen water gets moving. The phrase also express many people’s wish for the warmer weather should come soon.
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今ぐらいの時期の七十二候の名称です。「水泉動」この季節は寒すぎて外出も躊躇うほどですが、自然界では凍っていた泉の水が動き出すなど、見えないけれども繊細な変化が起こっているし、また起こってほしい、つまり早く暖かい季節になってほしいといった願いのこもった言葉だそうです。
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This is the seasonal phrase for this time of year, “Japanese parsley grows well”. It is really cold but imagining a very fragrant vegetable growing vigorously makes me feel great.
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この時期の七十二候の名称です。寒いですが、香り高いお野菜が元気に生育する感じが嬉しいです。
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The seasonal wording for the first five days of the year is this, “wheat start to sprout under the snow”. It was really cold around the turn of the year and from time to time, little snow flew. However, plant lives may be preparing for the spring season.
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年の初めの５日間ほどの期間の七十二候の名称です。この年末年始はとても寒くて、ときに雪もちらほら見かけました。でも、植物は春の到来のための準備などしているのでしょうか。
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“Antlers of male elks come off” is the seasonal phrase around this time of year.
At first, I thought it sounded rather gloomy. However, after learning it is for urging the new ones to grow, I found the phrase pleasantly hopeful.
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「麋角解」今ぐらいの七十二候の名称で、大鹿の角が落ちてなくなる、という意味らしく、初めは何かしら暗いなと感じましたが、それは、新たな角が生えやすくなるためのものと分かって、希望に満ちたいい語句だと思いました。
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Today falls on the winter solstice or the midwinter and it is naturally a cold day, as the name suggests. However, the day’s motto is this, “swing from the negative to the positive”. In other words the world shifts from the negative to the positive today, which should make many people’s lives pleasant.
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今日は冬至で、その名の示す通りに寒い日です。けれども、その冬至の合言葉はこの「一陽来復」。世界が陰から陽に転じる日であり、心楽しくなる日でもあります。
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Yet again, kind neighbors gave me some yuzu citrus fruits from the tree in their garden. Now I am looking forward to enjoying the bath on the night of the winter solstice. Tanka here is my favorite among all my own haikus and tankas.
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またもご近所さんからお庭の木の柚子の実を頂きました。冬至の夜のお風呂が楽しみです。短歌は自作の俳句や短歌の中で私が最も気に入っているものです。
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Soft steam is the very leading role/
Bath on the night of the winter solstice/
By Chio
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The phrase that symbolizes this time of year is this, “Trout migrates upstream in dense”. I simply have no knowledge about trout biology. I have only seen how the fish swim up the rivers on TV or some other sources.
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この時期の七十二候の名称で、「鱖魚群」つまり、鮭が群がり川を上るということらしいです。けれども私には鮭の生態についての知識はありません。ただ、テレビなどで川を遡って泳ぐ魚の姿を見たことがあるだけです。
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This is the symbolic expression for this time of year, meaning “Qi (life energy) of heaven and earth closes up to go into the winter season”. It is cold for sure. Especially I find it difficult to get up in the morning these days.
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今ぐらいの時期の七十二候の名称です。天地の氣が塞がって冬になるという意味だそうです。確かに、寒い。とりわけ朝起きるのが辛いのです。
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This is the symbolic phrase for this time of year, meaning fruits of Tachibana orange begin to turn yellow. However, I regret I don’t recall if I have seen this kind of trees or not.
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今ぐらいの七十二候の名称で、蜜柑と同じ種類の橘の実が黄色く色づき始めるということのようですが、橘の木を見たことがあるのか無いのか、思い出せません。
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