Washing (arau)

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Washing something

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


Washing something, from your hair to the gravestone to vegetables ...
many of these activities are KIGO !

Let us look at some kigo with

arau 洗う　(あらう) to wash something




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Kigo for Summer

kami arau 髪洗う (かみあらう) washing the hair
araigami 洗い髪（あらいがみ） washed hair

Hair (kami) kigo in all seasons

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kigo for late summer

mikoshi arai 神輿洗（みこしあらい）washing the portable shrines
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ushi arau 牛洗う（うしあらう）washing the cows
uma arau 馬洗う（うまあらう） washing the horses
WKD : Cows and Horses


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Kigo for Autumn


azuki arai 小豆洗い（あずきあらい）washing adzuki beans
Washoku
red beans for sweet bean paste


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kigo for early autumn

haka arau 墓洗う（はかあらう） washing the gravestones
Preparations for the Ancestor Festival (O-Bon)




suzuri arau 硯洗う（すずりあらう）washing the inkstone
susuri arai 硯洗 (すずりあらい ) washed inkstone
tsukue arau 机洗う（つくえあらう） washing the table
For the Tanabata Star Festival


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kigo for early autumn

oyama arai 御山洗 (おやまあらい) washing the mountain
Fuji no yama arai 富士の山洗（ふじのやまあらい） washing mount Fuji
by the rain of autumn


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kigo for mid-autumn
shooji arau 障子洗う (しょうじあらう) washing sliding doors
Autumn activities in the home


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Kigo for Winter


na arau 菜洗う（なあらう）washing leafy vegetables
negi arau 葱洗う（ねぎあらう）washing leek
arainegi, arai-negi 洗葱（あらいねぎ） washed leek
Winter Vegetables



tabi arau 足袋洗う（たびあらう）washing the tabi socks
Tabi, socks and toe socks


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kigo for early winter
daikon arau 大根洗う（だいこんあらう）washing radishes
Winter Vegetables



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU



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