Earth in spring ... SAIJIKI

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Earth in Spring

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Earth

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Explanation

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

xxx in spring

Please check the entries carefully!


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Kigo for early spring


haru no koori 春の氷（はるのこおり）ice in spring
ice still left over, nokoru koori 残る氷（のこるこおり)
thin ice, usurai 薄氷 (うすらい )
..... usugoori 薄氷（うすごおり）
more ICE kigo　



katayuki 堅雪 (かたゆき) hard snow
..... yuki aka 雪垢（ゆきあか）dirty snow
yukidoro 雪泥（ゆきどろ） muddy snow




yakeno 焼野 (やけの) burned withered fields
..... yakehara 焼原（やけはら）burned plains
..... yakenohara焼野原（やけのはら）
suguro 末黒（すぐろ）"black fields"
..... suguro no 末黒野（すぐろの）
Farmers burn the fields and plains in early spring to make way for the new grass, the ashes are used as fertilizer.

noyaki 野焼 (のやき) burning the fields
kigo for humanity



. NOHARA ... plains, wild fields
EARTH KIGO during all seasons, start from here.



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Kigo for mid-spring


higanjio 彼岸潮 (ひがんじお) equinoctial tide




ite yurumu 凍ゆるむ（いてゆるむ）cold weather gets a bit warmer 　
itedoke 凍解 (いてどけ)
ite tokuru 凍解くる（いてとくる）



koori toku 氷解く (こおりとく) ice is melting
kaihyoo 解氷（かいひょう）
ukigoori 浮氷（うきごおり）
ice vanishing, koori kiyu 氷消ゆ（こおりきゆ）
time of melting ice, kaihyooki 解氷期（かいひょうき）
lake with melting ice, kaihyoo ko 解氷湖（かいひょうこ）
ryuuhyoo 流氷 (りゅうひょう) drifting ice, floating ice
ice floes
more ICE kigo


mizu nurumu 水温む
Water gets warmer, waters warm up, waters warming
more WATER kigo


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nadare 雪崩 (なだれ) avalanche, snowslide
soko nadare 底雪崩（そこなだれ）
jikosuri 地こすり（じこすり）"scratching the earth"
kaze nadare 風雪崩（かぜなだれ）wind avalanche
yuki nadare 雪なだれ（ゆきなだれ）snow avalanche
yuki kuzure 雪くずれ（ゆきくずれ）snowslide
nadareyuki なだれ雪（なだれゆき）snow in an avalanche


zansetsu 残雪 ざんせつ remaining snow
kozo no yuki 去年の雪（こぞのゆき）snow from last year
nokoru yuki 残る雪（のこるゆき）lingering snow
yuki nokoru 雪残る（ゆきのこる）snow remained
kage yuki 陰雪（かげゆき）snow in the shadow
yuki no nagori 雪の名残 (ゆきのなごり) traces of snow


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yukidoke 雪解 melting snow, snowmelt

..... yukige 雪解 , 雪解け
river with melted water, yukigegawa 雪解川
drops of melted snow, yukige shizuku 雪解雫

snowmelt wind, yukige kaze 雪解風
snowmelt fields, yukigeno 雪解野

shining snowmelt, yukige koo 雪解光

flowing snowmelt water, yuki shiro 雪代, 雪しろ, ゆきしろ
..... yukishiro mizu 雪しろ水
"snow soup", slush, yukijiru 雪汁

muddy snowmelt water, yuki nigori 雪濁り　


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Kigo for late spring


haru demizu 春出水 (はるでみず)spring floods 　
flood in spring, haru no koozui 春の洪水（はるのこうずい）
more FLOOD kigo




nigemizu 逃水 (にげみず) "road mirage" 　
more HEAT SHIMMERS (kageroo) kigo



shiohigata 汐干潟 / 潮干潟（しおひがた）tideland, tidal flat
shiohi 汐干 潮汐（しおひ） ebb tide
shiohi iwa 汐干岩（しおひいわ）rocks in the tideland
higata kuru 干潟暮る（ひがたくる）dusk in the tideland
higatabito 干潟人（ひがたびと）worker in the tideland
more TIDE kigo


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Kigo for all spring


haru no doro 春の泥 spring mud 　
..... shundei 春泥
(The word MUD (doro) by itself is a topic for haiku.)



haru no kawa 春の川 はるのかわ river in spring
..... harukawa 春川（はるかわ）
shunkoo 春江（しゅんこう）(very poetic)
haru no e 春の江（はるのえ）
haru no se 春の瀬（はるのせ） rapids in spring
more RIVER kigo




haru no mizu 春の水 (はるのみず ) water in spring
..... shunsui 春水
mizu no haru 水の春（みずのはる) "spring of the water"




. haru no niwa 春の庭（はるのにわ garden in spring 　
haru no sono 春の園 (はるのその) garden or park in spring
shunen, shun-en春 春園（しゅんえん）
..... shun-en 春苑（しゅんえん）



haru no no 春の野 (はるのの) wild fields in spring
..... haruno 春野（はるの）
yayoi no 弥生野（やよいの）
shunkoo 春郊（しゅんこう）
no, nohara 野原 refers not the the planted fields, but to wild fields and plains, sometimes also translated as moors.
. nohara ... in all seasons 　

Another kigo translated as moors is
. WKD : withered fields, kareno 枯野 .
withered plains, withered "moors", karehara 枯原
There are no "moors" in that biological sense in Japan.





haru no ta 春の田 fields, rice fields in spring
fields in spring, spring paddies, haruta 春田　
more FIELD kigo
and
nawashiro 苗代 なわしろ bed for rice plants and related kigo





haru no tsuchi 春の土 earth in spring 　
tsuchi koishi 土恋し（つちこいし）longing for the earth
tsuchi arawaru 土現る（つちあらわる）
tsuchi niou 土匂う（つちにおう）fragrance of the earth
tsuchi no haru 土の春（つちのはる） "spring of the earth"
When the ground can be seen after the snow has melted, the farmers really feel great joy and hope for the coming season.





haru no umi 春の海 spring at the sea
spring at the beach, haru no hama 春の浜（はるのはま）
haru no umi 春の湖（はるのうみ）
tide in spring, haru no shio 春の潮
waves in spring, haru no nami 春の波
haru no kawanami 春の川波（はるのかわなみ）waves in spring in the river
and more BEACH and SEA kigo




. haru no yama 春の山 (はるのやま)
mountain in spring, spring in the mountains
and more MOUNTAIN kigo
..... haruyama 春山（はるやま）
shunrei 春嶺（しゅんれい）
yayoi yama 弥生山（やよいやま）

mountains smiling, yama warau 山笑う
..... warau yama 笑う山 (わらうやま)


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HAIKU

風雲ややけ野の火より日の暮るる
kazagumo ya yakeno no hi yori hi no kururu

windblown clouds --
the fires of burning fields
bring sunset

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue


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春の浜大いなる輪が画いてある
haru no hama ooi naru wa ga kaite aru

spring at the beach -
someone drew a large
circle (in the sand)

Takahama Kyoshi


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sora wa haru tsuchi ni wa tsuchi no nioi kana

spring in the air -
earth smelling of
earth again


Frühling in den Lüften –
Erde riecht wieder
nach Erde

Gabi Greve Lishanu 2004


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spring mud -
the bumpy road ahead
for Japan


Gabi Greve, March 11, 2011
. Japan - after the BIG earthquake 　


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Related words

***** Spring (haru) . . . the season


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