This is the solar term for the five days, with today as the third one, which means it is the time of year when frogs start croaking. As the one in the photo is an ornament in my garden, it would not croak.
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今日が三日目となる5日間の七十二候で、蛙が鳴き始める頃との意味です。写真の蛙は庭の置き物なので、もちろん鳴きませんが。
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This is the solar term for the five days starting today, which means, I learned “No more frosts; young rice grows in rice-nursery beds.
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今日から5日間の七十二候で、「霜が収まり苗代の稲が育つ」との意味らしいです。
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This is the solar term allocated for five days starting today, which obviously means it is the time of year when cherry blossoms begin to open. These days, cold weather with cold rain lingers, and I really hope the time we can enjoy cherry blossoms comes soon.
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今日から5日間の七十二候で、桜が開き始めるころとの意味のようですが、冷たい雨の寒い天候がこんなに続くと、本当にそのような時期が恋しいです。
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This is the solar term allocated for five days starting today, which obviously means it is the time of year when sparrows begin building nests. Sparrows are the most familiar birds to us, but I don’t think I have ever seen them building nests.
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今日から5日間の七十二候で、雀が巣を作り始めるころとの意味のようですが、雀というのは最も身近にいる鳥ですが、雀が巣を作っているところは見たことがありません。
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It is a solar term allocated to around five days starting today, which means it is about the time of year when spring haze begins to trail. The characters look complicated but beautiful, I think.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候で、春霞がたなびき始める頃との意味。難しいけれど、綺麗な字だと思います。
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I heard that early this morning, there was a lunar occultation of the Antares; in other words, a phenomenon that the moon hides the first-magnitude star of the Scorpions, also known as “the heart of the Scorpion”. Then, I wrote “The Antares” in Chinese because I had a groovy image of the phenomenon. A specific image didn’t come to my mind, though. They say the same phenomenon will happen in June this year.
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今日早朝アンタレス食、つまり月が蠍座の1等星アンタレス、別名「蠍座の心臓」を隠す恒星食が起こる日だと聞き、具体的なイメージは湧きませんが、何かしら素敵だと思い、アンタレスの中国語表記を書きました。今年は同じ現象が6月にも起こるそうです。
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Today marks the first day of spring. With a somewhat happy feeling, I searched the net and found this modern haiku of the spring season about water harps. A Suikinkutsu or a water harp placed under the earth that creates clear sounds for good is fantastic.
It is the beginning of the spring season/
Even the sound of Suikinkutsu/
Became colorific/
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立春です。何かしら嬉しい気分でネットを見ていたら、水琴窟の現代俳句を見つけました。水琴窟というのは魅力的なものだなと思います。
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As today marks the close of winter, the tradition on this day of scattering beans to drive evil spirits away comes to my mind. Just like this modern haiku, my father survived his father.
Survived my father/
I scatter the roasted soybeans/
To drive demons away/
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今日は節分で、古くからの習慣の豆撒きを思い出します。この俳句と同様に、父は祖父より長生きしました。
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It is the solar term for about five days from today, meaning that it is the time of year when chickens begin to lay eggs at the hint of spring season.
I recall with nostalgia that when I was little, my mother would take me to her parents’ home where a few chickens always were, pick chickweed, cut it into small pieces, and feed it to the chickens.
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今日から5日間ほどの七十二候で、鶏が春の気配を感じ、卵を産み始める頃とのこと。
幼い頃、母に連れられて母の実家に行くと、必ず2〜3羽の鶏がいるので、庭や畑からハコベを摘んできて、細かく切って鶏に食べさせたことが懐かしく思い出されます。
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Today falls on the winter solstice, and I hear that people celebrate the day in some regions of the world. Is this because it symbolizes restoration, I wonder?
The photo shows my work, “Energy of Restoration”.
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今日は冬至にあたりますが、世界の中にはお祝いをする地方も多いとか聞きます。復活の日だからでしょうか。
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