Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
16

122.23


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation

24
218

23
215
220

thousands of generations
urajiro fern
an old pine tree
longevity (cranes life)
a good omen
the world is shining
silvery mountain
last year and the new year
pebbles
sunrise * the first sunrise of the year
a lucky cloud
increasing prosperity
everlasting green
the coldest time of the year


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
a treasure ship
red-crested (crane)
permanence
everlasting (rock/green)
the dawn sky of the new years day
the first flower of the season
the first dream of the year
happy and long-lived
a deity of good fortune
an adonis flower
an ageless wizard
a place where furousen lives
the green color of pine needles
the green color of new pine needles
the first water drawn on the morning of new years day
light snow
filmy ice
a bush warbler
(=a fragrant bird)
(=a bird that reads sutra)
(=a bird that heralds spring)
a plum tree with a warblers nest
plum trees in winter
cold water in winter
a grass sprout
a grass sprout
the plum blossom
the plum blossom
the plum blossom
easterly wind
falling plum blossoms
early bracken
the lingering cold of early spring
early spring
whitebait
a field covered with black burnt grass
a pure fragrance


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
a fragrance from kimono sleeves
a camellia
tama-tsubaki
the flown plum
the first bird song of the year
an icicle
a deity of good fortune
a willow
(=a weeping willow)
(=a green willow)
burning the dead grass off a mountain
a young sprout peeping out from underneath the snow
a snow rabbit


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
3333

36
321
52
8

23

37


Month Name

Gomei

* *

*
*

Furigana

*
*

Explanation

bracken on a hill
a misty moonlit night
returning of wild geese
meandering stream
the end of hibernation
shell gathering
low tide
girls day festival

spring morning
vernal equinox
spring moon
the early evening of spring
the fifth order of sexagenarian cycle
leaving the nest
playing in the field
slow, long and balmy (days)
a robe of feathers
the first raft ride of spring
a calendar of blossoming
gentle spring wind
soft spring rain
a fresh green mountain in spring
spring river
paper candle shade
water getting warmer
heat haze
the green color of willow
long, drooping willow branch


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
young green herb
the last remaining snow


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
45
420
48

88

playing on the beach

late-blooming cherry blossom
a mirage
Mt. Kagu (in Nara)
turtles hiss


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
luring whistle
a butterfly
a dream of butterfly
coloured cloud
cherry blossom viewing
visit to shrine to celebrate 13th birthday
sleep in spring
thunder in spring
young sparrow * fat young sparrow
lingering spring
rain in spring (when rape is in flower)
blossoms in full bloom
a flower basket
clothed with blossom
dews from blossom
a flurry of falling blossom
a seasonal wind in spring
long day in spring
billowing wisteria
the flower of pine
sleepy night in spring
a budding willow
a dreamy month
frost in late spring


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
56
521
88

wind blowing through green leaves

Hollyhock festival
green maple leaves
monks practice for asceticism
walls around a well
deutzia flower
a whelks egg case (made into a whistle)
curled fallen leaves
decorative sword
an iris
a water rail
a reed pipe
horse racing
a soothing breeze (zephyr)
a carp streamer
changing dress for the season
green mountains in summer
rice sprouts
the long rains of early summer
a fawn


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
to hang calamus under the roof
green moss
the fifth of May (boys day)
the first catch of bonito
harvest time for barley
orange blossom
a lark
barley straw pipe
mountain shape
(=a calling bird) a cuckoo


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

*
*

*
*

*
*

Explanation
66
621
65

416715

a green plum
a reed pipe
a woven straw hat
a fishermans fire
a stream running between rocks
a floating boat
a floating nest (=a grebes nest)
eggs of lacewings on grass/trees (as a lucky omen)
thunder * (a god of ) thunder
a kingfisher
a south wind in the beginning of rainy season
mossy ground
a rice planting girl
a rain in the rainy season
a south wind in the end of rainy season
rice-planting
bamboo fallen leaves
water in a waterfall
a gate made of rice plants
unusual coldness in the rainy season
rain on 28th May in the lunar calendar
summer kimono
summer morning
a cover of green leaves


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
an icehouse
a scops owl
catching fireflies
a short night
wind blowing over the mountain


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
771

78
721
1818
1818
77

61

341

6121
710


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
88
821


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
97,8
9999
923


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
109
1023


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
117
1122

1061510

First snow of the season


Month Name

Gomei

Furigana

Explanation
128
1222
128