A loud chorus of frogs can be heard from fields and riversides. Frogs, which have been hibernating in shallow soil all winter, are finally waking up and starting to make their voices heard. When you hear frogs croaking, it's spring.
old pond
frog jump
Sound of water
This poem by Matsuo Basho comes to mind. Frog is a seasonal word for spring. Is it in the DNA of the Japanese people to feel and express the seasons through the sounds of frogs? Although it is spring season, the temperature is on the rise. We are already at the threshold of summer.
Frog's first cry = first frog's first cry
The 72nd term ``Frog's first cry'' is read as ``Kazuzu first time''.
The 24 solar terms: the beginning of summer
Seventy-two: The first cry of the frog
Period: May 5th to May 5th
Learn about the Japanese calendar “72 calendars”
There are not only four seasons in Japan: spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but also the 72 seasonal seasons, which start with the first day of spring in early spring and end with the cold weather of late winter.The XNUMX seasonal seasons are further divided into three parts, making the year XNUMX seasons. The story progresses along with the ``calendar,'' a seasonal calendar divided into equal parts called XNUMX seasons. We will introduce you to the XNUMX kanji, which represent the subtle changes of the seasons, and how to read their kanji.
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