Heaven in Winter ... SAIJIKI

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HEAVEN in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Heaven

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Explanation

Many phenomenon have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in spring, this has to be added explicitly

xxx in winter

Please check the entries carefully!


Most of the heaven phenomenon have their own entry.
They are in the following LIST

. . . categry HEAVEN ... a KIGO LIST for WINTER 　


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. kigo which relate to cold winter weather .

cold season starts, kan no iri, 寒の入 (かんのいり)
..... kan iri 寒入り（かんいり）

"little cold", minor cold, small chill, shookan 小寒 (しょうかん)
5 or 6 Jan


in the middle of the cold season,
kan no uchi 寒の内 (かんのうち)
..... cold, kan 寒（かん）, kanchuu 寒中（かんちゅう）
..... kan shiroo 寒四郎（かんしろう）, kan ku 寒九（かんく）



extreme cold, genkan 厳寒 (げんかん)
..... gokukan 極寒（ごくかん）
..... kokkan 酷寒（こっかん）
cold hard to bear, kan kibishi 寒きびし（かんきびし）


extreme winter, atrocious winter, gentoo 厳冬（げんとう）

Winter Dog Days, kan doyoo 寒土用 (かんどよう)


feeling cold, samushi 寒し (さむし)
..... samusa, 寒さ coldness
cold air, kanki 寒気（かんき）

suffering in the cold, kanku 寒苦（かんく）


cold winter evening, kanbo 寒暮（かんぼ）
cold winter night, kanya 寒夜（かんや）
cold winter morning, kangyoo 寒暁（かんぎょう）
..... fuyu akatsuki 冬暁（ふゆあかつき）


moon in the cold, kangetsu 寒月（かんげつ）


cold feeling (of people, things etc.),
tsumetashi 冷し (つめたし)
..... sokobie 底冷（そこびえ）penetrating cold
("cold on the floor") chilled to the bone
something gets cold, hiyu 冷ゆ (ひゆ)

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Kigo for late winter

. Great Cold, daikan, taikan 大寒 .
"Coldest Day" kan no hi 寒の日




shibareru しばれる severe cold
..... shibare しばれ、凍れ（しばれ）
shibaruru しばるる、
karashibare からしばれ

This is a word in the dialect of Northern Japan and Hokkaido, when the winter days get really cold and freezing, even during the daytime.


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yuki onna 雪女 (ゆきおんな) "snow woman" demon
yukijoroo 雪女郎（ゆきじょろう）"snow courtesan"
yuki oni 雪鬼（ゆきおに）snow demon
yuki boozu 雪坊主（ゆきぼうず）snow priest
yuki no sei 雪の精（ゆきのせい）"spirit of the snow"
yuki otoko 雪男（ゆきおとこ）"snow man" demon (not the manmade snowman)

a kind of monster of Japanese legends.
It might also be the "fairy of snow", so to speak, the personification of the soul of the snow, for the Japanese reader.

She is often seen on full moon nights and around the New Year.

Some say this expression refers to a particular physical quality of the snow of Northern Japan, when the conditions of humidity, coldness and moonlight are just right.

- Reference - Yuki-onna


. Legends about Yukionna and 雪婆 Yukinba .


雪女　霞をまとい　ガビの庭
yuki onna kasumi wo matoi gabi no niwa

snow woman
wearing forest
on Gabi's garden

. Nakamura Sakuo, 2008 .


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Kigo for all winter


. fuyubare 冬晴 (ふゆばれ) fine weather in winter 　
..... fuyubiyori 冬日和（ふゆびより）fine day in winter
fuyu haruru 冬晴るる（ふゆはるる）it is fine weather in winter
and more kigo about fine weather in winter


. kanpa 寒波 cold wave . kampa
cold wave coming, kanpa kuru 寒波来る
first (cold) of the winter, fuyu ichiban 冬一番


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AAA ... WINTER ... Heaven The Basics . . . / Use your own browser to search for a keyeword in the LIST below ! http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/11/heaven-in-winter-saijiki.html


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cloud, clouds in winter (fuyu no kumo) more CLOUD kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/04/cloud-kumo.html
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dew is frozen (tsuyu kooru) more DEW kigo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/04/dew-tsuyu.html
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drizzle in winter, cold drizzle (shigure) . sleet (mizore) a . long . KIGO list, cold shower, and other translations are possible. http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/11/winter-drizzle-shigure.html
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drought in winter (fuyu hideri) more DROUGHT information http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/04/drought-hideri.html
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first snow (hatsuyuki, hatsu yuki) first snow on a mountain top, hatsu kansetsu and more http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/first-snow-hatsuyuki.html
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fog in winter (fuyu no kiri) , haze (fuyu no moya) more FOG kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/fog-mist-haze-and-more.html
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frost (shimo) a . long . KIGO list http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/frost-shimo.html
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hail in winter (arare), snow pellets, graupel a KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/hail-hyoo.html
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ice (koori), icicles (tsurara) a . long . KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/09/ice-koori.html
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moon in winter (fuyu no tsuki) more MOON kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/01/moon-and-his-links.html
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rain in winter (fuyu no ame) a KIGO list http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/06/rain-in-various-kigo.html
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rainbow in winter (fuyu no niji) more RAINBOW kigo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/06/rainbow-niji.html
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sky in winter (fuyu no sora) more SKY kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/09/sky-sora-ten.html
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smog (sumoggu) http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/fog-mist-haze-and-more.html
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snow (yuki) a . long . KIGO list http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/snow-yuki.html
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star, stars in winter (fuyu no hoshi) a . long . KIGO list. http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/09/stars-hoshi.html
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sunset in winter (fuyu yuuyake) more sunset/sunrise KIGO http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/06/sunset-yuuhi.html
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thunder in winter (fuyu no rai) , thunder and snow (yukigaminari) a KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/08/thunder-kaminari-05.html
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wind in winter (fuyu no kaze) a . long . KIGO list http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-in-various-kigo-kaze.html
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