The phrase is supposed to symbolize this time of year. “Dews on grass give out white light.” It is such a beautiful image but we still don’t realize this image.
This is the season words for this time of year. It refers to grain growing and especially, about rice ripening. Families of distant relatives on my father’s side live in the mountainous area north of Kyoto. My parents used to take me there when I was a child. I remember they planted rice in early May, however, I don’t remember when the rice ripened or when they harvested it.
The seasonal phrase for this time of year, literally, heaven and earth, that is, the whole world is finally beginning to be cool! I only wish this phrase would hold true.
I have used the subdivided solar terms as motifs for my calligraphy for some time. In the meantime, some of the phrases don’t give me actual feelings and at some other times, I find things I have never seen in person, like this one 綿柎開, meaning “calyx enwrapping cotton opens”.
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?
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.
“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.
“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.
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. . 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。 . <To the homepage of this website>
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.