WKD . . . Welcome !

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Welcome to the World Kigo Database !


The World Kigo Database is collecting words from all over the world that may be used as seasonal words (kigo　季語) for haiku of the respective areas. It is based on the concept of a Japanese Dictionary of Seasonal Words (saijiki　歳時記), but addresses all cultures, areas and regions of the world, where people are now writing haiku in languages other than Japanese.
Every haiku poet is welcome to contribute !

................. It is truly a GLOBAL project.


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A big THANK YOU to the many haiku poets worldwide who help dilligently to make this database grow!


! CONTRIBUTE ! SUBMISSIONS !
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Caution !
Not all words in the following list are KIGO.
Some are haiku TOPICS (keywords) to be used during the whole year.
Check each entry carefully !



This list is not yet complete!
Please contact me if you want to confirm a kigo!


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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. General Items

To Submit your Haiku or Kigo, click here. It's easy !


KIGO – Its use in haiku
The basics and the use of two or more kigo.

Seasons and Categories Learn the Basics of World Kigo.


General Information Essays about kigo.

Basic Haiku Theories

Encourageing LOCALISM in your haiku !


the KIGO HOTLINE discussion forum !

AKS any question about kigo !


WAITINGLIST .. Check here for more pending kigo.

Translating Haiku Kumarajiva, the Translator 　鳩摩羅什


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Any copyright material mirrored on these pages is intended for the private personal study of haiku poets only. This is a non-commercial site. To have material removed (if they should so desire), copyright owners should please contact me here:
. Copyright Policy .

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.. .. .. .. .. Regional Kigo Lists and Saijiki

Alaska Saijiki
WKD : Australian Saijiki
WKD : Canada Saijiki
WKD : Chesapeake Bay Saijiki
WKD : Europa Saijiki
WKD : German Saijiki
WKD : Hawaii Saijiki
WKD : India Saijiki
WKD : Ireland Saijiki
WKD : . . . ISSA and the Seasons
WKD : Kenya and Tropical Saijiki
WKD : New England Saijiki
WKD : North American Saijiki Projects
WKD : Romanian Saijiki
WKD : Philippines Saijiki
WKD : Sonoran Saijiki, USA
WKD : South American Saijiki
WKD : Southern Hemisphere, below the Southern Cross
WKD: Trinidad and Tobago Saijiki
WKD: Turkey Saijiki
WKD : Yemen Saijiki

List of Season Words, from The SHIKI Haiku Salon


.. .. .. .. Saijiki about special topics

Bird Saijiki

Ceremonies and Festivals Saijiki
Buddhist, Shinto and other Japanese Events Saijiki

Fish and Seafood Saijiki 魚歳時記　Sakana Saijiki

Kyoto Saijiki (Japanese) 京都歳時記

Memorial Days of Famous People, Celebrities .....
WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

Placenames PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide
Ortsnamen, utamakura

Sweets Saijiki 和菓子歳時記 Wagashi Saijiki

Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記　

Vegetable Saijiki 野菜歳時記 Yasai Saijiki

WASHOKU ... Japanese Food Saijiki


WKD .. .. Lists of Non-Seasonal Haiku Topics
(Keywords, mu-ki) !!!!!

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Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Introducing Japanese Culture through Haiku


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.. .. .. .. Other useful references

JAPANESE : University of Virginia Saijiki
Translation from the Japanese

JAPANESE 500 Season Words Higginson et al.


SEASONS … All about the Seasons of the world
.........................by Waverly Fitzgerald

Phenology : Measurable Events in the Seasons

more USEFUL LINKS


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… Please sign our GUESTBOOK …



The World Kigo Database
An interview with Gabi Greve by Flueraşu Petre, 2007
English and German


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world haiku...
one man's kigo,
is another's topic

~Vaughn Seward [CAN.AB] May 2006


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A final thought about Japanese and English Haiku before we start :

If you take a tom cat,
cut off his head (kigo),
cut off his four legs (5-7-5),
cut off his tail (kire-ji) and
present this creature to the world,
what would it be called?

Gabi Greve
haikku. Dr. med. Gabriele Greve
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世界季語データベース

Worldkigo YAHOO 360 ...Worldkigo Archives 2007

NOTE:
sajiki is a misspelling of SAIJIKI.
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INDEX A

.. .. .. .. Alphabetical Index - World Kigo Database

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Abalone (awabi) Haliotis giganitea Japan

Acacia blossoms Yemen, Japan

Acebia, akebia (akebi) Japan. Akebia quinata. chocolate vine.

Advent Christian Communities

Adzuki beans, Red Beans, "small beans" (azuki 小豆 )

.. .. .. .. African Haiku

Afterglow (of the sun after sunset) (yuuyake) Japan
Afternoon sun (nishibi) Japan

AIDS, World AIDS Day Kenya, worldwide

.. .. .. .. Alaska Kiyose

Alberta Family Day, Canada
Alfonsino fish (kinmedai) Beryx splendens
All Saints’ Day
All Souls' Day
Alzheimer's Day

Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Ameyoko shopping alley in Ueno Japan

Amida Prayer (Namu Amida Butsu) Japan. Amitabha. Nenbutsu, Nembutsu.

Amihan and Habagat Monsoon Philippines

Anemone
Angelus Prayer (Catholic Communities)
Anklets (payal) India, Bracelets, Bangles
Ant, ants (ari)Japan, worldwide. Termites, fire ants. Ant lion, doodlebug (arijigoku)

Aphid, plant louse (aburamushi, arimaki) Japan
Apple (ringo) Japan. Including candy apple, apple pie and many more

Apricot blossoms (anzu no hana) Japan

April (shigatsu) 　　　　　　　　　　
..... April Fool (shigatsu baka) Japan. Worldwide

Arc clam (akagai) "red clam", arc clam Japan. Edo wazurai "the Illness of Edo", and Kagurazaka


Armistice Day Europe (Poppy Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day)

..... Aroma, Smell, Fragrance in various kigo

Arrowroot flower, Kudzu flower (kuzu no hana) Japan

Asama Mountain in Shinano Mount Asama. Japan
Ash Wednesday
Ashigara Mountain and the Kintaro Legend Japan
Aso, Mount Aso Kyushu, Japan

Ati-Atihan Festival Philippines

Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India. Alpha and Omega.

August (hachigatsu) "leaf month" (hazuki) ... Japan
August First (hassaku) Japan. August Second.

..... Australian Seasons, Australian Saijiki

Autumn (aki) Japan, worldwide
Autumn begins .. Japan. Many related kigo
Autumn comes to an end .. Japan. Many related kigo
. Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan)
Autumn deepens (aki fukashi) Japan. Basho's famous haiku translations
. Autumn dusk, autumn twilight (aki no kure) Japan
Autumn Food ... ... KIGO list
Autumn in your home ... ... KIGO list
Autumn and farmers work ... ... KIGO list
. Autumn Equinox (aki higan) Japan
. Autumn Festival (aki matsuri) Japan
. Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves
Autumn entertainment, games, school Japan. feeling lonely in autumn (aki sabishi)
. Autumn Melancholy Europe

Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya

Ayurveda and Herbal Massage India

Azalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki

INDEX B

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Backup ... of Data and Haiku

Bagworm (minomushi - "straw raincoat bug") Japan. Case moth, basketworm

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

Bali IslandIndonesia
Ball, Balls, decorative hand balls (temari) Japan. Ball catching song, ball bouncing song (temari uta)
　Balloon, toy balloon, baloon, Luftballon (fuusen, kamifuusen) Japan
baloon flower, balloon flower, Chinese bellflower (kikyoo) Japan. Platycodon grandiflorus

BAMBOO .. An Asian Plant
..... "Bamboo Wife" (chiku fujin) Asia. Bamboo sleeping companion.

Bhagavad Gita (India)
Banana Kenya. Banana (bashoo 芭蕉) in Japan

..... Bangladesh Haiku from Bangladesh

Banyan Tree (India)
Bargain SalesWorldwide
Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan
Baseball Playoff USA, also: Opening Day
..... Baseball Winter Meetings, USA

Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) Japan. Matsuo Bashoo 松尾芭蕉

Bat (koomori, kawahori) Japan
Battledore (hagoita) Japan

BeachWorldwide. Surfing.
Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan)
Beans and Peas (mame) Soybeans, Adzuki beans, broad beans (daizu, azuki, edamame, soramame). Many human activities involved in growing the beans.
Beans in autumn kigo ... the plants

Bear (kuma)Japan. Bear hunters (matagi), Iomante Festival and many more

Beaver (Castor canadensis) Canada
Bee (mitsubachi)
Beech tree / Fagus sylvatica Ireland, Europe
Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Belgian National Day (Fête nationale de la Belgique)
..... Ghent Festivities, Ghent Festival, Gentse Feesten

Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India

Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan

Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) Cold War (Kalter Krieg), Iron Curtain (eiserner Vorhang). Germany
Berry, berries (berii, kajitsu) and related words. Beeren
Between the Years (zwischen den Jahren, Germany)
Bhagavad Gita (India)

........ BHUTAN .. Haiku in Bhutan

Bible (baiburu)
Bilberries, cowberries (kokemomo), Preiselbeere Japan
Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan

BIRD SAIJIKI ..... Birds of all seasons
Look here for a Bird Name not listed in this ABC index.

Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori), "birds and wind", torikaze Japan.
..... Including "tori ni kumo" birds and clouds. flower haze, hanagumori. herring haze, nishingumori.
..... Small birds (kotori)
Bird droppings Worldkide
Bishamonten, Tamonten (Vaishravana) Japan. Bishamonten Festival, Messenger of Bishamonten
Bison, American Bison

Blackthorn (Europa)
Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and other warm things.
Blind Woman from Echigo (Echigo goze) Japan
Blinds, summer curtains (sudare)Japan. Inclucing bamboo blinds, seating mats (goza), rattan chairs (too isu) and a few more summer items for the home.

Blind People and Haiku
Blowfish (fugu) Japan. .. Puffer fish, Globefish, Swellfish
Blue, the color of sky and water

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) bird North America
Bodhidarma, Daruma san in Japan
Bog grasses Ireland
Boma Homesteads Kenya
Bombax (Chorisia Tree) Kenya

Bon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan.
..... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance. Yosakoi Dance of Kochi.
..... Bon Boats for Souls (shooryoobune) (05) Japan
..... Bon Flowers (bonbana) (05) Japan
..... Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... Bon Stove (bongama) (05) Japan
..... Bon of Wind (kaze no bon) (05) Japan

Boneset (fujibakama) Japan. Eupatorium fortunei

Bonifacio Day Philippines
Boomerang,bomerang, bommerang, bomring, boomereng, boomering, bumerang .. Australia

Botamochi Rice Cakes (Botamochi) Japan
Botamochi Ceremony (Botamochi Eshiki) and Nichiren

Bowing, bow (o-jigi, ojigi) Japanese greeting etiquette
Bowls, begging bowls, singing bowls
Boxing Day Australia, New Zealand, UK. Christmas Box.

Bramblilng bird (atori) Japan
Brazier (jiko) Kenya. makaa (charcoal)
Bread (pan) Worldwide
Breakfast (asagohan, asameshi) Japan
Briar Berry Briar Berries
Bridge (hashi) Japan Worldwide
Brigid's Day (Ireland) St. Brigid

Buckwheat (soba), Buckwheat flowers Japan

Bud of trees, treebuds (ko no me, konome) Japan

Buddha Statues and Haiku ... Daibutsu and Hotoke
Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
Buddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan
Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, kambutsu-e, shuuni-e, hanamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan. sweet tea (amacha) and more
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan)

.. .. .. .. Buddhist Ceremonies and Events, a topical Saijiki Festivals of Japan

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers
Bulbul (hiyodori) Japan
Bullfinch (uso) Japan.
Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

..... Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Bull Fighting (toogyuu), bull festival (ushi matsuri) Japan. Jallikattu, India

Bunting bird (kashiradaka) Japan
Bunraku and Joruri / Japanese Puppet Theater
Burdock root　(gobo, goboo) Japan. Arctium lappa
Burma, Union of Myanmar

Bush clover (hagi) Japan
Bushfire, wildfire Australia
Buson Memorial Day (Buson Ki) Japan

Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) Japan

Butterfly (choo)Japan. Worldwide
..... Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan including frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)

"Buy Nothing Day" Worldwide

INDEX C

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Cabbage (hakusai) , broccoli, brussle sprouts, carrots and more winter vegetables

Cactus (saboten) Dry areas

Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics

..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.

Calla lily (karaa) Japan. Zantedeschia family
Calligraphy (shodoo)

Camel, Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) Yemen
Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubaki
Camp, camping (kyanpu), tent (tento) Japan, North America

..... ..... Canada Saijiki
Canada Day, July 1
Canadian Thanksgiving

Candle (roosoku) Japan, worldwide
..... Candle Night Japan

Canna Lily Yemen
Card Games (karuta) Japan. hanafuda, uta karuta.

Carnation, Nelke Japan. Wild Carnation (nadeshiko)
Carneval (Carnival) see also Shrovetide
Carp (higoi, koi) family Cyprinidae fish Japan
Carp Streamers (koinobori, Japan)
Carpet, rug (juutan, dantsuu) Japan
Carrot (ninjin) Karotte Japan
Cassia Blossoms (Cassia afrofistula) Kenya. (Cassia fistula) India . Golden Shower Tree
Castle (shiro) Mountain Castle (yamashiro)Japan
Cat (neko, Japan)

Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including : hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi　
..... looper, inchworm, shakutori
..... ..... Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya
Cauliflower, broccoli, komatsuna, naganegi leek, and more winter vegetables

Cause and Effect ... C&E ... some theory

Cease Fire Day (shuusen kinenbi) Japan. End of WW II
Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Centipede, Millipede (mukade) Japan

Chameleon, Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Yemen

Cheese Europe, worldwide

Cherry Blossoms (sakura) ... and many related kigo
Cherry Blossom Time ... Food Kigo

..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki (USA)

Chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri) Japan. Castanea sativa
..... Horse Chestnut (tochi) Aesculus hippocastanum

Chidambaram Dance Festival India, Tamil Nadu

Children, teaching Haiku to children ... many tips on HOW TO
Child, Children (kodomo) of all kinds. abandoned child (sutego)
..... Chigo (temple acolytes) Japan. Temple Children.

Chill, chill wind worldwide
Chimney Sweeping, chimney sweep, Schornsteinfeger England, Germany
Chinese Food, Chuka Ryori Japan
Chirping, twittering, warbling of spring birds (saezuri) Japan

Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India

Chocolate (chokoreeto) with many tasts Japan. Schokolade

Chopping board, cutting board, chopping block (manaita) Japan
Chopsticks (hashi) Japan

Christmas
... Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) Weihnachtskaktus
...Christmas Moon
...Christmas Tree

Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)
..... Wild Chrysantheumu (nogiku) Japan
Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)

Church, Cathedral, Chapel (Dom) worldwide

Cicada (semi) Japan, other areas
Cider, apple cider (saidaa) Japan, Europe, Australia
Clam shell, hamaguri, venus clams Japan. Venusmuscheln
Clear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious sky
Cloud, clouds(kumo) Japan, worldwide. Various Kigo.
Clover, Alfalfa, Milk VetchJapan. genge, Astragalus etc.

Coal (sumi), charcoal (mokutan, binchotan) kigo around the charcoal fire.
Cock fighting ritual (tori awase) Japan. also ritual bull fighting (toogyuu), ritual nightingale singing competition (uguisu awase)
Cockroach (gokiburi, aburamushi) Japan
..... and more summer insects and little animals ... gnat, slug, leech ...
Cockscomb (keitoo) Japan
Coconut, Coconut palms Philippines, India
Cod fish (tara) Japan

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Cold (samusa, samui), cold wave, cold spell (kanpa, kanpa) Japan, worldwide
..... Cold in Spring, Cold in Autumn and other COLD kigo combinations
..... Cold Dew (kanro) Japan
..... "Cold Mountain", Han Shan, Kanzan and Jittoku Zen Hermits
..... COLD DRINKS - SAIJIKI

..... Colors in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)
Columbus Day America

Comets (suisei) Comet McNaught ...
Common cold and flu (kaze) coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide
Computers and Haiku , online as a topic
Conger eel (anago) Congriscus megastomus. Japan. Meeraal.

. . . Cool, cold, chilly ... a feeling and related kigo during all seasons.
Coolness (in summer)(suzushi) 　 Japan. Feeling cool (in summer). Cool breeze (ryoofuu) and many more.
..... including: Coolness in Autumn (aki suzushi)　
Cool dry season Kenya

Coral berries (manryoo :Ardisia crenata, senryoo : Sarcandra glabra,) Japan. kind of Japanese laurel (aoki no mi) and more red berries
Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree. India
Cormorant Ireland
Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan
Cornflower Ireland, Europe

Corpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam)

Cosmos Flowers (Japan)

Cotoneaster Ireland

Cotton (wata, momen) Japan. Georgia. many related kigo about the plant and cotton cloths.
Cotton fly (watamushi) Japan. Snow fly (yukimushi), snow firefly (yuki hotaru, yukibotaru)
Cottonwood Populus deltoides (Midwestern US)
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan

Couple’s Day (fuufu no hi, Japan) February 2

Cow, Oxen (ushi) Japan
..... Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
..... Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany)

Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay, USA King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani)
Crabapple, Sibold crabapple, "mountain pear" (yamanashi, yama-nashi) Japan
Crane, Grus japonensis (tsuru) Japan
Crape myrtle (sarusuberi) Japan, North America
Crappie (Pomoxis), North America
Cricket (koorogi)Japan 　 and other autumn insects　　　
Crisp, cool autumn weather .. sawayaka, Japan
Crocodile mating season Australia
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Crow, Raven karasu (Japan)

Cuckoo (kankodori), little cuckoo (hototogisu) Japan

Cucumber (kyuuri) Japan
..... also: see cucumber (namako)

Curry (karee), Indian curry dishes

Index from D to J

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Dace, fish of the Gobiidae) family (haze) Japan.
Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Dalia, Dahlia (daria) Japan, India
Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western Japan
Dainichi Nyorai, a Buddha ... Ceremonies and kigo
Dance (odori, buyoo, mai) a haiku topic
..... Dance in India
Dandelion (tanpopo) Japan
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant

Daruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazen Flower: Zazensoo) Japan
Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, Japan

Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen
Dates (Months and Days) used in Haiku
Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki)Japan. mist in the morning, ariake gasumi.
Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa) and others

Day of Desolation .. Yom haShoah (Israel)
Day of the African Child 　Kenya, Africa, worldwide

Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwide
Daylily, daylilies (kanzoo)

Dead body, deceased person, corpse (hotoke) Japan Death Poems, Death Haiku
Deafness-curing sake (jirooshu)

December
..... December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan

Deer (shika)　 Japan, other areas

Definitions ... ... What is HAIKU ?

Demon's gate (kimon) ... Japan. The NORTH in mythology.
Desert, sand desert Yemen
Desert rose (Adenium obesum). Yemen
Desires, Worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Deutzia blossoms (u no hana, unohana) Japan
Devil's Claw (Southern USA) Teufelskralle
Devil's tongue (konnyaku) Konjak plant and food. Japan
Dew, dewdrops (tsuyu) Japan heavy with dew, tsuyukeshi, tsuyukesa.beads of dew, tsuyu no tama.white dew, shiratsuyu, hakuro .. and many more

Digitalis, foxglove (jigitarisu, kitsune no tebukuro) Japan. Digitalis purpurea
Dinner, dining, eating ... and more worldwide
Divali (Diwali, India) Devali, Divalli ...

Dog (inu) Japan, worldwide
Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) Hundstage
Dog Winterberry (inu umemodoki)Japan. Ilex serrata.
Dogwood (Cornus family) .. (USA) yamabooshi (yamaboshi) Japan

Dollarbird (buppoosoo) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Donkey (roba). Mule 　Japan, other regions　　
Door curtain (noren) Japan. Ladenvorhang

Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art ... Dragon climbing to heaven: a kigo
"Dragon Jewel", dragon berry (ryuu no tama, Ophiopogon japonicus) Japan. Snakebeard, Mondo grass

Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan

Dream (yume), First Dream (hatsuyume) Japan

Drifting ice (ryuuhyoo) .. melting ice (koori toku) . . . . . Kigo about ice in spring

DRINKS ... Hot and Cold DRINKS SAIJIKI

Drought (hideri, Japan)

Duck (kamo) Japan
Dugong (Dugong dugon) Tropical seas. Manatee
Dumplings of all kinds (dango) Japan. Mitarashi dango
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities

Dust (Swahili : tifutifu) Kenya. hokori, Japan. Sandstorm


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Eagle(washi) Japan ..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori

Earth Day Worldwide
Earthquake (jishin) Japan, India, worldwide
Earthware pan (hooroku) Japan
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku) 　 Japan
　　
Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and more
..... Easter Bonnet Trinidad and Tobago

Ebisu, one of the Gods of Good Luck Japan

Echigo Province Japan
Eclipse (gesshoku) Japan. Worldwide.

Eel (unagi) Japan.

Edible blossoms, edible flowers (shokuyoo no hana) Japan

Edo, The City That Became TokyoJapan
..... Edo and Kyoto, Capitals of JapanJapan. "Blossom Capital" flourishing town (hana no miyako)

Egg, eggs (tamago) Japan
Eggplant, aubergine (nasu) (Japan. Eggplant Horse decorations (nasu uma) for o-Bon.
Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan

Eid Al-Kabir/ Aid Al Kabir Yemen
Eid-ul-Adha / Eid al-Adha / Festival of Sacrifice Guyana

Ekiben, station lunch box day, April 10

Election Day, Polling Day Trinidad and Tobago, worldwide
Elephant (zoo) (India, Africa)
Elm tree (Ulmus) Europa, North America

Emancipation Day Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana

Embankment, dike, levee (dote, teiboo) Japan Worldwide

Emma, Enma, the King of HellJapan. Various kigo. Ten Kings of Hell (juu oo)

Emotions and feelings expressed in haiku

Emperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)
Empty Mind

End of Year Activities ... ... a KIGO LIST
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities

........ ......................................... Erika Schwalm, - In Memoriam

Eros Day Cupid, Aphrodite, Amor, Sex

Europe Day

..... EUROPA Saijiki Europe Saijiki

Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening Shower (yuudachi) Japan
Exams, school exams Kenya



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... Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku .. Join the Discussion !

Falcon (hayabusa)Japan. Buzzard (nosuri), marsh harrier (chuuhi), kestrel (choohooboo), sparrow hawk (tsumi) and more
Fallen leaves (ochiba) Japan
Family altar, Buddhist family altar (butsudan) Japan
Famine in spring (shunkyuu) Famine in Japanese History
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan
Father's Day
Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia

February
Fern (shida) Japan Farnkraut

Festival (matsuri) Japan.Introduction
..... Festivals and Ceremonies of Japan Topical Saijiki
..... Festivals of India They are all kigo.

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
Field cricket, Gryllus campestris Europe. Feldgrille

Fig, Figs, Ficus carica Turkey
Finch, finches in all seasons

Fire (kaji)Worldwide. Bushfire, wildfire, lookout for fire (hi no ban) and many other related kigo
..... Fire Festivals, Rituals and Ceremonies (hi matsuri)Japan, worldwide
Fireflies (hotaru) (Japan)
Firefly squid (hotaruika, hotaru) Japan, with delicious dishes
Firework Display (hanabi, Japan)

..... First Ceremonies of the New Year (Japan)
... More Details about First Ceremonies in Japan
First Dream (hatsu yume, Japan)
... First Fire Brigade Parade (dezome shiki) Japan
... First Haiku 2007
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
First Spring (hatsu haru) and more kigo of the New Year season
First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.
First Sun, First Sunrise (hatsuhi, hatsuhi no de) Japan

First Things (hatsumono) in Japan

First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, tropical areas
First Snow (hatsuyuki) Japan

.. .. .. .. .. ..... FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI
..... Fish from Russia
..... Fish Market Philippines. Also FISH from the Philippines.

Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Flamingo Yemen
Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami)
Flood (koozui, aki demizu) .. Japan. Floods, flooding.
Flounder, sole (karei) as food. Japan

. . . . . Flowers, Cherry Blossom and translating "Hana" ...

Flowering and blossoming ... use of verbs in SPRING KIGO

"Flower Heart" (hana gokoro, kokoro no hana) Japan

Flower Trump (hanafuda) Japan


Flute (fue, yokobue) 　Japan. Bamboo flute (shakuhachi)

Fly, Flies (hae) 　Japan, worldwide　　
Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan ... fly catcher, haetori-ki.fly-catching paper, haetorigami.

Flycatcher, many birds in all seasons (bitaki family) Japan

.. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more

Food from India
Food from Japan - WASHOKU SAIJIKI ... also : Sweets from Japan (wagashi)

Forest work, woodcutting, charcoal making ... in Winter Japan. KIGO list
Forget-me-nots (wasurenagusa)Japan, Europa, Alaska
Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)rengyoo Also : wax forsythia
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji worldwide
Fountain (funsui) Springbrunnen Japan
Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South
Four Elements and The Gods of the four elements : water, fire, wind, earth

Fox (kitsune) Japan
... including Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)

Fragrance bag, sache (nioibukuro) Japan. Duftbeutel

FRANCE , French Haiku

Frangipani, PlumeriaKenya, Australia, India
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more

Freedom ... ... and the English haiku "rules"

Fringed orchid, "Egret plant, Heron plant" (sagisoo) Japan

Frog (kawazu, kaeru) (Japan) toad, green frog, tree frog, kajika and more

Frost (shimo, Japan) , Late Frost
..... Frost descends (sookoo)Japan.
..... Frost in India, a season of its own

Fruit Cricket. Prayer Gong Cricket (kanetataki) Japan
Fruit Harvest (Romania)

Fuchsia and tyrolean lamp Japan. フクシア, チロリアンランプ　‘Swing Bell’

Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujisan Mount Fuji, Japan


Fulling block (kinuta) Japan.Pounding cloth. Mallet for beating straw (wara kinuta) and more

Furoshiki, cotton wrapper cloth



........................................................... GGG

Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Galley worm, house centipede (gejigeji) Japan
Gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Ganesh The Elephant-headed God, (India)
..... Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Ganges, the Holy River Ganga (India)
Garden (niwa), Park (teien, tei-en) Japanese Garden, Zen Garden ...
Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan

Geminid Meteor Shower

Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
Gentian, Japanese green gentian (senburi, tooyaku) Japan. Swertia japonica

.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose

Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan. Straw sandals (zoori)

..... GHANA SAIJIKI

Ghosts, monsters, demons (yookai, bakemono) Japan

Gioo, Memorial Day for Gio the Dancer Japan
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.

Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)
. . Ginko, tips for a Haiku Walk 吟行 (ginkoo)

Girl Scout Cookies USA

Global warming, climate changes and related topics

Go, a board game, igo 囲碁 (Japan)
Goa Carnival India
Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

Gods of Japan (kami to hotoke)General introduction
God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
God of One Word (Hitokotonushi) Japan, Mt. Katsuragi (Kazuragi)
Gods are absent (kami no rusu)Japan. Old lunar 10. month (now November)
Golden Week (oogon shuukan, gorudien uiiku )Japan

Google, googling, googeling ... worldwide
Goose, geese (kari, gan) . Japan, other areas
Gooseberry, Gooseberries Ireland

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) Japan
Gorse, Ginster enishida (Japan)
Gourd and gourd pickles (uri) Japan

Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle

Graduation (sotsugyoo, Japan) Abitur, Schulabschluss
..... Graduation Ceremony, Kenya

Grains, the five grains (gokoku) Japan
Grapefruit League , Cactus League, USA
Grapes and Grape Harvest, Vendanges budoo (Japan)
Grape Festival (Winzerfest, Wine Festival) (Europe)
Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer

Grave (haka) Japan, worldwide
Grave marker (sotoba) Japan

Great Cold (daikan, Japan)
Grebe Bird (Alaska) kaitsuburi, nio (Japan)

Green in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: midori, aoi
Green Week, Greenery Day (midori no shuukan, midori no hi Japan
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Grey (gray) in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: nezumi iro, hai iro

Groundbreaking ceremony (jichinsai, jimatsuri) Japan
Groundhog Day North America, Europe
Grouse, snow grouse, "Thunderbird" (raichoo) Japan

Gull, gulls in all seasons
Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan) . Master's Day. Caricom Day.
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan

..... GUYANA SAIJIKI


........................................................... HHH

Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets . worldwide

Haiku Day (haiku no hi) August 19 Japan. Including haiku about "haiku" and "kigo"

Haiku Sweets (haika) Japan. Sweets and snacks named after famous haiku !

Hairpin (kanzashi) Japan

Hakama, the formal trouser-skirtJapan
..... Wearing the hakama for the first time, hakamagi　
..... Noh-Performance in Hakama, hakama noo

Halloween, Hallowe’en North America
Hammock (worldwide)

..... Harvest and its various kigo 　
Harvest Festival (niiname no matsuri)　 Japan
Harvest Thanksgiving (Christian communities) Harvest Festival, Erntedankfest
Harvest Moon, North America

Hassaku Harvest Festival, Hassaku sai, Hassaku no Iwai Japan. August first. With many related kigo.
Hassaku orange (hassaku kan) Japan

Hat, Straw hat, hood (kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan Worldwide
..... Hawaii Saijiki
Hawaiian Spirit

Hawk (taka) Japan. with more related kigo
Hawthorn and Firethorn (sanzashi) Crataegus and Pyracanthus. Japan, Europe
Hay (hoshikusa), making hay Japan

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Hazel catkins Ireland

Heat (atsusa), hot (atsushi) Hot summer, sweltering heat ...
Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan. Mirage (shinkiroo) and more.
Heather, Erika Europa.
Helen Keller
Helipterum roseum (hanakanzashi) Japan. Pink and White Everlasting.
Henna (mehandi) India. mehendi, (mehndi) Heena
Herbs, medical or culinary or otherwise
Hermit, Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人 Japan
Heron (aosagi) Japan
Herring (nishin) Japan. Koorai Iwashi
..... Herring roe praparations (kazu no ko tsukuru) Japan

Higashiyama Culture and Haiku Japan
Himalaya Mountains, India
Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
Hickory Nuts (Carya Fruits) North America

Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai and Haiga Japan
Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.
Holly Tree
Holocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau Day
Holy Innocents Celebration　 Christian Catholic Communities
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland

Honey (hachimitsu) worldwide. Honey wine, mead
Honey Spas 　 Russia. Also Apple Spas, Linen Spas. Honey Saviour.

Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Wiedehopf India

Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.

Horse Chestnut (tochi). Kastanie Japan. Aesculus hippocastanum
Horsetail fern, scouring rush (tokusa) Japan. Equisetum hyemale

.. .. .. Hot Drinks, SAIJIKI
Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)

Hot Spring, Hot Springs (onsen) Japan. Bathhouse

Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka 　Hawaii

Humanity and Observances, two important categories for HAIKU

Humidity, steaming hot, sultry (shikke, mushiatsushi) Japan
Humid Southern wind (shippuu) Japan

HummingbirdSonora North America

..... Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Hunger, famine Kenya, Japan, worldwide
Hunger Moon (North America)
Hungry Demons, Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan
Hunter's Moon England
Hunting (kari) and related kigo in many seasons. Japan

Hurricane, Typhoon, Cyclone Worldwide
Hurricane Warning Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, other areas

Husky = chien de traîneau (ou « husky ») Canada

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas

Hydrangea (ajisai) Japan. Hortensia.


........................................................... III

I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan

Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
Iced Coffee, aisu-koohii (Japan) Hot Coffee
Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) Kenya. Eid Al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr
Ides of March Italy

Ikebana Flower Arrangement (Japan). Bonsai
Illness, disease and haiku Hospital Stay.

..... Imagination in Haiku ... Theory

Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)

Independence Day worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)

..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI
Indian Food (India)

Indian Summer koharubi Japan
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) North America
Insects (mushi) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan. Including grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, praying mantiss and many more.
..... Insects awaken, insects come out (keichitsu) Japan. bugs come out, bugs wake up, insects appear again, insects stir
..... Insects as food (konchu ryori, konchuu ryoori) Japan. Grasshoppers, wasp larvae, silkworms and more


Interesting, exciting, entertaining, amusing, funny, enjoyable ... (omoshiro ya) Japan

..... ..... IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI

Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata
..... Iris, bearded Iris (Iris albicans) Yemen

Ishiyamadera, a temple and fireflies (ishiyamabotaru) Japan

Islamic Holidays, Muslim Holidays

.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words


........................................................... JJJ

Jacaranda (tropical tree) Kenya
Jamhuri Day Kenya
January Worldwide ... January in Japan (ichigatsu)
January Sale Ireland

.. .. .. .. .. JAPANESE Saijiki, Univ. of Virginia. Most extensive !
.. .. .. .. .. Japanese 500 Season Words

Jasmine (matsurika, jasumin) Japan
Jay bird (kashidori) Japan
Jazz Music North America

Jeepney Philippines
Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)
Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food

Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) Jizô bosatsu, Japan
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆

Jouvert (Carneval) Trinidad and Tobago
Joy, pleasure (ureshisa, tanoshisa) Japan. kigo and topic
Juggernaut Festival (India)

July (shichigatsu)
June (rokugatsu, minazuki)
..... minazuki .. Kyoto sweets for June

Index from K to M

........................................................... KK KK

Kabuki TheaterJapan. also : Kyogen (kyoogen)
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Kale, cabbage (sukumawiki) Kenya
... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan
Kamehameha Day Hawaii
Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan
Kappa Memorial Day Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Gaki Memorial Day.
Karma, fate

.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki

Kettle, tea kettle (kama, chagama, tetsubin) Japan. Water kettle, water pot.

..... ..... Keywords, non-seasonal topics / LIST

Khadi handspun cotton (India)
Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen

"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics

..... Kimono, Traditional Japanese Robes A kigo list

Kingfisher bird (kawasemi) Japan. various types

Kitchen (daidokoro) Japanese Kitchen

Kite, kites (tako) Japan.
Kite flying, kite India and Pakistan

Kite, black kite, Milan noir (tobi, tombi) Japan. Milvus migrans

Knife (hoochoo, waboochoo) Japan

Kobo Daishi Kukai (Kooboo Daishi Kuukai) and Esoteric Buddhism Japan
Koel, Koil, Kuil, a Bird (Eudynamys scolopacea) India. oni kakkoo (Japan).
Kokubun-Ji, Temple Kokubunji 国分寺 Japan
Kokuseki-Ji Naked Festival Japan
Komodo Dragon Indonesia

Konnyaku plant and food (Amorphophallus konjac) . Elephant jam Japan

... ... ... Korean Haiku Sijo

Kotatsu, heated Table (Japan)

Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan
Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela FestivalIndia


........................................................... LLL

Labour Day, USA
Labour Thanksgiving Day (kinroo kansha no hi) Japan

Labyrinth, Maze
Ladakh : Haiku and Kigo 　 India
Ladybird (tentoomushi) Ladybug, Glückskäfer
Lampionflower (hoozuki, Japan)

Lamplight in various seasons Japan.

Lapwing (keri) Japan. family Charadriidae
Laquer tree (urushi no ki) Rhus verniciflua Japan. "Sun spurge" Euphorbia helioscopia, "swamp laquer"
Lark (hibari) Japan

Last Ceremonies of the year (Japan)
Last Day of the Year (oomisoka, Japan)
..... Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
..... Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)

Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai) First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki). Japan. Ebisu, Good of Good Luck.
Laundry day Philippines
Lavender (rabendaa) Japan
Lawn, grass, turf (shiba) ... and related kigo

Leaf, leaves (ha, happa) ... and related kigo during all seasons
Leaf Watching momijigari Japan
.......... Part 1: Leaf watching, leaf peeping (momijigari )

Leap day, leap year (2008) February 29
Leaves on the hair, leafy hair (ko no ha gami, ko-no-ha-gami) Japan
Leek (naganegi) green onions, scallion, porree Japan
Lemonade (ramune) and carbonated soft drinks Japan
Lent (Europe)
Leonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor Shower
Leopard lily (hioogi) Belamcanda chinensis Japan. ubatama 鳥羽玉 sweet balls

Licorice, liquorice (kanzoo) Japan

Light, lights : all kinds of lights in all seasons
Light offerings afloat (tooroo nagashi) (05) mukaebi, okuribi (Japan)
Lightning (inazuma) Japan

Lily, Lilies (yuri) Japan. Many types of lilies.
Limbo for children (sai no kawara) Japan
Lingering Heat (zanshoo) 　Japan
Lion Dance (shishimai) Japan. Dancing Monkeys (maizaru)
Lipstick made in the cold (kanbeni, ushibeni) and Japanese Edo culture about RED
Lizard, lizzard Gekko

Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan
... Loneliness, sadness, melancholy and other emotions Sabishisa, kanashisa and more
Long days (hinaga), long nights (nagaki yo)
Long Rains, a season (Kenya)

Loon Birds (Gavia fam.) North America
Loquat fruit (biwa) Japan

Lorikeet, Australian lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) Rainbow lorikeets. Australia
Lottery, lottery ticket (takarakuji) Japan

Lotus(hasu, renge) Japan
..... Lotus (padma) India

Love and Kigo

Love-Bug (Southern US)



........................................................... MMM

Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo) Japan
Magnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan)
Magpie (kasasagi) Japan
Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya

..... Malaysia HaikuInformation about Haiku from Malaysia
Mallet for good luck (fuku tsuchi) Japan. Mallet for pounding cloth (kinuta)

Manatee North America
Mandala Worldwide
Mandarin Ducks (oshidori) Japan. Duck (kamo)

Mango (Kenya)
..... Mango Blossoms, India

Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan

Maple leaves, red autumn leaves (momiji) Japan, other regions
Maple Syrup North America

Marathon Kenya, worldwide. Marathon Runner. Paralympics, special olympics.
March
Marine Day, Ocean Day, Sea Day (umi no hi) Japan
Martisor (Amulet) (Romania)
Matonge Festival Belgium. (Fête du Quartier Matonge, Brussels)
Matsushima 松島Japan
Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki Japan
Mawashi, Sumo Belt Japan
May (gogatsu) 　worldwide
"May Day" in England (mee dii) Japan. International Workers' Day

Meadowsweet Ireland

..... Medical Kigo, seasonal affections and disorders 　SAD, the FLU ...
Medicine Day (kusuri no hi) ... Japan. Medicine-related kigo. Chinese Medicine (kanpo, kampo).
　　　　　　　
Meditation (dhyana) (India)
Meisetsu, Naito Meisetsu Memorial DayJapan
Melon (uri) ... Cucumis melo var. makuwa Japan. Watermelon (suika). Snake gourd (karasu uri). Oriental melon (makuwa uri).

Memorial Days of Famous People ..... SAIJIKI

Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA

Metaphors and Similes used in Haiku

Migrating Birds (wataridori) (Japan)
Mildew, mold (kabi) Japan
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines
Millet (awa, hie) Japan
Mirin (sweet sake for cooking) Japan
Miso paste Japan
Missing Children's Day International
Miso paste and related kigo Japan
Mistletoe (yadogiri) Japan
Momotaro, the Peach Boy Japan

Monkey, Hanuman, Langur (India) saru (Japan)

.. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..
..... Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai) India

Moorhen (ban) Japan.
Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)

Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan
..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)

Morning Market (asa ichi, asa-ichi, asaichi) Morgenmarkt Japan
Morning star (myoojoo), evening star, venus Japan, worldwide

Mortality, dying, death (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide

Mosquitoes (ka, Japan)
..... Mosquitoes in Kenya

Moss (koke) Japan
Moss pink (shibazakura) Japan

Mother (o-fukuro) Japan
... ... Mother's Day
... ... Mother in Law Day. Mother-in-LawWorldwide
... ... Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... Mother Goddess in all cultures

Moths, Tiger Moth, various typesJapan. "Summer insects" natsu no mushi

Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan Worldwide.
Mountains sleep yama nemuru, mountains smile (yama warau ) Japan
Mountain ranger, forest warden (yamamori) Japan
Mountain temple (yamadera) Japan. Tempel with mountains (tera yama)
Mountain Lion Sonora, North America
Mountain pepper (sanshoo, sansho) Japan

Mourning Kenya, worldwide
Mouse, Year of the Mouse / Rat ! Japan in 2008
Moxabustion on the second day (futsuka no kyuu)Japan. February and August.

Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan, India, worldwide

Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
..... including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) in Kenya
..... Spring Mud, haru no doro, shundei in Japan
Mud snails, paddy snails (tanishi) Japan
Mudskipper (mutsugoroo) Japan

Mugwort, Artemisia princeps (yomogi) Japan. Beifuss

Mulberry, mulbery, kuwa 桑（くわ), kuwa no mi Japan. Many SILK related kigo.

Mulled wine (gloegg, Gluehwein)

Mummy, mummies (miira, sokushinbutsu) Japan

Murasaki Shikibu Japan . The color MURASAKI
Museum Haiku about Paintings
Mushrooms (kinoko, Japan ki no ko, take

Music of India
..... Music: Raagam
..... Music: Shruthi

Mustard plant and mustard (karashina / karashi) Japan

My country, my province (waga kuni, wagakuni) Japan

Myoga Ginger (myooga) Japan. Zingi-Ingwer
Myoga Ginger Festival

Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) Yemen

Index from N to R

........................................................... NNN

Nail (kugi, kui) Japan
Nairobi Bomb Day (Kenya)
Nairobi Int. Trade Fair (Kenya)

Naked Festivals (hadaka matsuri, hadaka mairi ) Japan. a LIST

Namasu vinegar dressing (namasu) Japan
Namib desert beetle
Nandina (Nanten, Japan)
Nantaisan, Mount Nantai ... and its festival. Japan
Nara pickles (narazuke) and other tsukemono pickles. Japan
National Holidays of Japan

Needle, Sewing needle memorial service (hari kuyoo) Japan
Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India
..... Nepal, Haiku Information INDIA SAIJIKI
Nettle tree (enoki) Japan

. . . . . NEWS, latest articles of the WKD

NEW YEAR
SAIJIKI and KIYOSE
...................... inclucing
New Year (shinnen, shin nen) Worldwide
..... New Year Ceremonies of Japan A topical Saijiki
..... Ancestors New Year (Hotoke Shoogatsu) Japan
.....Little New Year .. ko shoogatsu (January 15) Japan. Women's New Year (onna shoogatsu, me shoogatsu)
..... New Year's Day (ganjitsu) Japan
New Year's Food ... KIGO LIST
..... New Year's Soup (zooni)
..... New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan

Newspaper vendor, newspaper boy Kenya

..... New Zealand and Tasmania Haiku "Kiwi Haiku"

..... NHK HAIKU ... NHK 俳句

Night of Power, Lailatul Qadr / Lailat-Ul-Qadr Yemen
Nightingale, bush warbler (uguisu) Japan
Night school (yogaku, yogakkoo) Japan
Night work (yonabe) Japan
Nine Eleven 2001, USA 9/11. September Eleven
Nirvana Ceremony Nehan-E, Jooraku-E (Japan)

Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Noh-Performance at night (Takagi Noo)Japan. yugen (yuugen).
Noodle Soup (kama-age udon) Japan

..... North America Saijiki Introduction

November (juuichigatsu) Japan. Worldwide.
Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan

. . . . . Numbers used in Kigo Japan
Numbers .. used in Japanese Haiku



........................................................... OOO

October (juugatsu)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Oden hodgepodge stew Japan

Official, minor official (yakunin, koyakunin) Japan, Edo period

..... Oklahoma Saijiki

Oktoberfest Germany
Oleander (kyoochikutoo) Japan. Yemen
Olympics, Olympic Games Worldwide. Special Olympics, Paralympics.
O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony） Shuni-E Ceremony Nara, Japan

One Day Saijiki, a KIGO list
Morning, Midday (daytime), Evening, Night

Onion (tamanegi) and many other summer vegetables

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Opera ball (Opernball) Germany, Austria

Oranges, Mandarin Oranges, Tangerines　Kenya. Mikan (Japan). Florida (USA)
Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide
Outdoor enjoyments in autumn (aki no no-asobi) Japan. some activities, outings, picnics

Owl (fukuroo) mimizuku. Snowy Owl (Japan) Eule, Uhu
Oysters (kaki) Japan Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl


........................................................... PPP

Paddy, Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
Pain (itami), suffering Japan

. . . . . Pakistan ... Haiku in Pakistan

Palanquin, sedan chair (kago) Japan
Palm Tree Yemen
Palm Sunday Kenya, Europe
Pampas grass (susuki) during the year Japan
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam) India
Papaya fruit. Carica papaya India, Yemen
Paperbark tree, Melaleuca honey myrtles, punk tree. Australia
Paper clothing, paper robes (kamiko) Japan
Paper mulberry leaf (kaji no ha) and Tanabata rituals

Parade of the bands (Trinidad and Tobago)
Paradise (gokuraku) Japan
Parang .. Serenaders (Trinidad and Tobago)

Parasol
Parrots Southern California

Passion Flower (tokeisoo) Japan. Other regions.

Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's Day
Paulownia flowers (kiri no hana) Japan. P. tomentosa

Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya
Peach fruit (hakutoo, momo) Japan
Peach blossoms (momo no hana)Japan
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan, peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Peanuts Japan, Philippines
Pear, Japanese pear, Asian pear (nashi)Westeern pear, yoonashi
Pelican Australia, Kenya
Pemmican (Romania)
Peony (botan, Japan Winter Peony (kan botan)
PEPPER, (togarashi, toogarashi) red hot pepper Shichimi Togarashi and more, Chili pepper, paprica Paprika (piiman), sweet green pepper (shishitoo) and more

..... Persia

Personification (gijinka), anthropomorphism and KIGO

Perilla, beefsteak plant (shiso) Japan

..... Periods of Japanese History Reference Material
..... Periods and eras of Japanese History (nengoo, Nengô) Reference Material

Persimmon (kaki, hoshigaki) Japan

Pheasant (kiji) Japan, worldwide
Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan)
PHOENIX in Asian Art and Haiku　(ho-o, hoo-oo)

..... Philippines Saijiki

..... Philosophical Haiku India

Pickerel weed, pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) America
Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)

Pig and Pork (buta, ton)
Pike, pike conger, pike eel (hamo) Muraenesox cinereus. dragontooth. Japan

Pilgrimage(henro, junrei)Pilgrims. Japan and worldwide

Pillow (makura, kukurimakura) Japan

Pine (matsu, Japan)
..... Pulling Pine Seedlings (komatsu hiki) Japan

Pinewood Derby North America

Pink, fringed pink (nadeshiko). Wild carnation Japan. Rock Carnation (ganpi)

Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) Peepul or Bo tree. Fig Tree, figs (ichijiku) Japan.
Pissing, pee, pipi (shooben) Japan and worldwide

..... PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide

Planting, harvesting and preparing food in SPRING kigo
. . . . . Planting, harvesting and preparing food in AUTUMN kigo

Platanus (sycamore) Europe, other areas. Momijiba-suzukake (London plane tree)
Pleiades (matariki) Maori, New Zealand. (subaru, Japan)
Plover (chidori) Japan
plowing (tagayashi)Japan

Plum blossoms (ume) Japan. Dried plums (ume boshi) and any related UME kigo.
..... Plum blossom fragrance (ume ga ka) Japan
Plum fruits and ripe peaches Kenya

Plumbago <> KIGO

Poacher's Moon
Poinsettia
Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada
Polar Night Polar Circle

Pond, small lake (ike) Japan. a KIGO list ... even the OLD POND ...
Poppy flowers (keshi no hana) Japan. Poppy Day.
Portions, large food portions (yamamori, oomori) Japan
Pottery, Pots and Plates (yakimono) Japan
Poui Tree (Tropics)

Pounding Rice (mochi tsuki) Japan, Philippines
..... New Year's Rice Dumplings (toshi no mochi, kagamimochi, zoonimochi) and a few more
..... The Hare/Rabbit in the Moon

Power failure, power cut, electricity rationing, blackout ... Kenya
Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition
Praise, flattery (homekotoba, o-joozu) Japan

Prayer (kitoo) Japan
Prayer FlagsWorldwide
Praying Mantis, Mantid (Japan) kamakiri,tooroo

.. .. .. Prairie : North American Prairie Saijiki

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia FamilyYemen, North America

Primula, Japanese primrose (sakura-soo) Japan

..... Provinces of Old and Prefectures of Modern Japan Reference Material

Puddle, puddles Tropical regions, Japan
Pumpkin, squash (kabocha, nankin) Japan. Kürbis



........................................................... QQQ

Quail (uzura) Japan. quail eggs, uzura no tamago

Queen's Day in Belgium

. . . . . Question mark ? ... KA か and more about punctuation.

Quilt coat, bedtime coat (yogi) Japan
Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)

. . . . . Quotes with Haiku ... to enjoy on a rainy day !



........................................................... RRR

Rabbit, hare (usagi), snow rabbit (yukiusagi) Japan
Racoon, racoon dog, badger (tanuki) Japan
Radish (daikon) Japan. Pickled radish, takuan.
Rail, water rail (kuina) Japan. Rallus aquaticus
Railway Haiku Train station, Platform ... related words.

.. .. .. .. Rain in various KIGO (Japan)
... Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan
... Rainbow (niji) Japan
... Rain Gutters Cleaning 　North America. (eavestroughs)
... Rain Rituals (amagoi) Japan. Rain Dance, Rain Prayer, Regenzauber
... Rainy Season (tsuyu) Japan

Rakugo, comic storytelling performances Japan

Ramadan
..... Ramazan, Berat Kandil Turkey 　 Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat　
..... -- Ramadhan in Kenya 　　
..... Ramadan ends (Idd ul Fitr) Kenya. Ramadhan

Rapeseed blossoms (na no hana) Japan

Raw fish, sashimi, sushi and .. rice balls (onigiri) Japan

Red, the color red (kurenai, aka) Japan
Redcurrants Ireland, Europe. Rote Johannisbeeren
Reed cutting (ashikari) Japan
Reed warbler (yoshikiri, gyoogyooshi) Japan
Reformation Day (Reformationsfest, Germany)
Renku ... linked poetry
Republic Day January 26 (India)

Rhode Island USA
Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

..... Rice plants (ine) Japan. A list of kigo. New rice (shinmai)
Rice fields(tanbo, tanada) Japan. A list of kigo.
Rice (gohan, meshi) as food. Japan
Rice balls (nigiri, o-nigiri, musubi, yaki-onigiri
Rice cake offerings for the New Year (kagami mochi) Japan
Rice cakes (mochi) for SPRING a KIGO list
Rice gruel (kayu) Japan. rice porridge, congee in many kigo. Oatmeal porridge. Reisbrei, Haferbrei
Rice wine (ricewine) sake, Japan Reiswein

River(kawa) Japan, worldwide
River mist Ireland

Robin, the Bird American Robin (Turdus migratorius) . European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Rollerskates (India, worldwide) Rollerblades

Road (michi) . Japan
Roe, fish roe dishes (sujiko and many others) Japan

.. .. .. .. .. Romanian Saijiki

"Rosary Beads Plant" : Juzudama "Beads of the Rosary" Job's tears, a plant. And more about the rosary (nenju, juzu) in Japan!
Rose (bara) Japan. Worldwide
Rose of Sharon (mukuge) / Hibiscus (bussooge) Japan . Yemen

Rubber plantIreland
Rumpot (Rumtopf) Germany
Running of the Bulls (El Encierro) SPAIN
Ryokan Day .. Ryokan-ki, Ryokan Memorial Day (Japan)

Index from S

........................................................... SSS

Safflower, saffron flower (benibana, beni no hana) Japan. Carthamus tinctorius

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) safuron, safuran, Safran

Saga Dawa / Vesak Celebrations Buddhist Communities

Sage, Salbei, Salvia splendens et al. (sarubeea, seeji) Japan

Saigyo Hoshi Memorial Day (Saigyoo Ki) Japan. Saigyoo Hooshi

..... . Saijiki, the history of Japanese saijiki

.. .. Saints: Their Memorial Days Links to the Saints

Salt (shio) and salted winter food Japan

Salmon (sake) Japan
Salmonberry (North America, Southeast Alaska)

Sambosa, samosa Yemen, Kenya
Samhain Festival Ireland

Samurai, bushi, buke, tsuwamono, Daimyoo Japan

Sand (suna) Japan, worldwide
..... Hot sand on the beach (nessa) Japan
Sand skiing, dune skiing Yemen

Sandalwood (chandan) India
Sand eel: KAMASU : straw back, tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan
Sanja Festival at Asakusa Kannon Japan
San Miguel Beer Philippines

Sansai ... 　Mountain vegetables
. . . Including
Hahakogusa 母子草（ははこぐさ） sweet cudweed
Kogomi こごみ kind of fern
Nobiru のびる (野蒜) wild rocambole
Tsukushi 土筆（つくし）horsetail plant
Warabi わらび(蕨) bracken, fern
Zenmai 薇（ぜんまい） Japanese Royal Fern

Santa Claus St. Nikolaus, Santa san . Worldwide
Santoka Memorial Day (Santooka ki) Japan

Sardines (iwashi,hishiko and more)Japanese Anchovy Japan. KIGO LIST. Sardinen

Sari Dress for Ladies, India
Saucer for Japanese tea cups (chataku) Japan
Saury Fish (sanma) Japan. Pacific Saury. Cololabis saira

Scarecrow (kakashi) Vogelscheuche Japan, worldwide. Bird rattles, bird scarers and more
Schoolyear begins Worldwide

Scilla, Siberian Squill (Scilla Sibirica) Russia, Europe.
Scissor-tailed flycatcher North America. State bird of Oklahoma
Scorpion (sasori) Japan. Skorpion
Screw worm, screw worms Yemen

Sea bream (tai, sakuradai, madai ..) Pagrus major Japan

. . . . . SEAFOOD SAIJIKI

Seal (azarashi) Japan

.. .. .. Seasons and Categories General Points

Seasons coming to an end . . . relevant kigo for all seasons
Seasons beginning . . . relevant kigo for all seasons

Sea urchin (uni) and sea urchin roe (uni). Japan
Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan Including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)
Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan
Senbei, sembei rice crackers, sweet and salty. Japan
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics

Senryu, Zappai, Haiku ... the basics

September (kugatsu)
Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India (Snake Festival)

Servant's holiday (yabu iri) fasting day (sainichi). Japan

Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)
Setsubun (Japan) .. Bean Throwing Festival, February 3
Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) Japan
Seven Herbs of Autumn (aki no nanakusa)Japan. Seven Flowers of Autumn, Seven Grasses of Autumn

Seven Five Seven (shichigosan) Japan. Celebrating seven, five and three year old children

Shadow (kage)Worldwide
Shallot (rakkyo) Japan.
Shamisen (a musical instrument) Japan. sheperd's purse (shamisengusa)

..... Shasei, Sketching from Nature

Sheperds Winter (Romania)
Sheep (hitsuji) Kenya
Shiitake Mushrooms Japan

Ship, ships (fune) rowboat, boat, yacht ... Japan. A KIGO list
. . . . . funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり) food served on board a ship or boat

Shit, shitting,excrements (daiben, fun) Japan
School term (nigakki), school athletic meeting (undookai) Japan
Short day (tanjitsu), short night (mijika yo) 　 Japan

.. .. .. .. Shinto Ceremonies in Japan A topical Saijiki.
Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja, miya, guu) Japan see also : TEMPLE
Shrine day (shanichi) Japan. For the God of the Earth (tsuchi no kami)

Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities

..... Short Rains, a Haiku Season in Kenya

Shrike, butcher bird (mozu) Japan

Shrovetide Maslenitsa (Russia)

Sierra Nevada, High Sierra North America

Silence (shizukesa ya )Basho and the Cicadas
Silence (maun) (India) . Shizukesa, Japan. Quietude, Stillness
...... Silence by Narayanan
..... Silence and Stones
..... Continue to ... Silence and Haiga

Silk (kinu), silkworm (kaiko) Japan. Many related kigo.
Siskin bird (hiwa) Japan
Sixtieth Birthday (kanreki, manroku) Very important in Japan


Sky, heaven (sora, ten)Japan. Many related kigo and the color BLUE

Sled (sori) and other vehicles used in winter

Sleet, rain mixed with snow, cold rain, wy drizzle (shigure) 　 Japan, other areas
..... including
"village shower", passing winter shower, mura shigure. scattered winter showers, kata shigure. nightly sleet shower, sayo shigure. drizzling, sleet is falling, shigururu. / ice-rain (hi-same), rain in the cold (kan no ame)and many many more

Sliding paper doors (fusuma) Japan
Sliding doors (shooji) Japan. Also folding screens (byoobu, byobu)
Slippers, Toilet Slippers (surippaa, Hausschuhe) Japan and worldwide

Skunk Cabbage (Alaska) (Mizu-Bashoo, Japanese Skunk Cabbage)

Small birds (kotori) Japan

..... Smell, Aroma, Fragrance in various kigo (koo, ka, nioi, kusai) smelling, sweetfish, fragrance of rice, mildew, perfume and more

Smelt, Osmerus mordax Fish in America, Cucumber Fish, kyuuri uo (Japan)
Smoke (kemuri)

Snack served with tea (cha no ko, o-cha no ko) Japan
Snack, afternoon snack (oyatsu . o-cha-uke)
Snail (katatsumuri, katatsuburi)Japan, worldwide
Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan
Snake Gourd (karasu-uri, Japan) see also: sponge gourd (hechima)
Snapper in Australia
Snipe (shigi) birds Japan.

Snow (yuki) Japan . Many kigo related to snow.
Snow shoveling (yukikaki) .. and related kigo of activities
Snowdrops Schneeglocken
Snow Geese (hakugan, kari, wataridori) Japan. Migratory birds.
Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)
Snow melting (yukidoke, Japan) thawing, thaw, defrost. Schneeschmelze
Snow Leopard Central and southern Asia

Soap bubbles (shabondama)　 Japan. Seifenblasen
Soccer, Football, Fussball. Europe Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey
Soomen, somen noodles Japan. Thin noodles
Song, singing (uta) Japan. A list of kigo.

..... ..... ..... Sonoran Saijiki, USA
Sorrel, Hibiscus (Tropics)
Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation Problems
Soup (shiru, jiru) ... and other winter food.

..... Southern Cross Haiku Information about the Southern Hemisphere

Soy Sauce, soya sauce Japan

Sparrow (suzume, Japan)


Spices and condiments (yakumi) Japan
.. ... SPICES from India

Spikemoss (iwahiba, iwamatsu) Japan. Sellaginella tamariscina
Spikenard, Japanese spikenard (udo) Japan

Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne
Spider Lilies, cluster amaryllis (higanbana, manjushage, Japan)

Spinach (hoorensoo) Japan. Spinat
Spinning tops (beigoma) Japan
Sponge gourd (hechima) Japan, also Masaoka Shiki Memorial Day, Hechima-ki
Spotlight, heavenly spotlight from sun or moon

Spring (haru, Japan)
Spring begins .. Japan. Many related kigo
Spring comes to an end .. Japan. Many related kigo
Spring activities, verbs used in SPRING kigo A list.
... Spring at the beach (haru no umi) Japan. Related kigo:cherryblossom shrimp, sakura ebi.crabs of spring, shiomaneki. firefly squid, hotaru ika. gathering shellfish at low tide, shiohigari. poles for growing seaweed, norisoda.
... Spring equinox, vernal equinox Japan
... Spring at the Zoo , also Bird's Nest
..... Spring Cleaning ... North America, Europe
..... Spring Food ... a KIGO list.
Spring pickles (tsukemono) ... a KIGO list.
Including namasu dressing, dengaku, wasabizuke and many more
... Spring orchids (shunran) Japan
... Spring Peace Mild spring weather (nodoka, Japan)
... Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan

Sprinkling Water (uchimizu, Japan)
Spruce tree (Fichte) Europa

Squirrel (risu). flying squirrel (momonga, musasabi) Japan. ferret, weasel ...

Stamp, stamps, postage stamps (kitte, yuubin kitte) Japan
Star (hoshi), shooting star (nagareboshi), Big Dipper Japan. Many related KIGO !
Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan) Milky Way (ama no gawa)

Starling, gray starling (mukudori) Japan
Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
Starwort in cooked rice (yomena meshi)Japan

Stephen’s Day Europe, christian communities
Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan
Stepping stones Kenya in the rain
Stew (nabe) ... and other winter food.
Stone buddha (sekibutsu, ishi botoke) Japan
Stone fish, bullhead (okoze) Fish. Japan
Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan
Stone wall (stonewall) (ishigaki) Japan
Storehouse, warehouse (kura, dozoo) Japan
Storm, Gales Europa

Straw, new straw of this year (wara, shinwara) Japan. straw in all seasons
Strawberries Cranberries
Straw hat, hat, cap, hood (kasa, booshi, zukin (Japan)
Straw mats (thick: tatami. thin: goza) Japan
Straw bag, KAMASU : tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan

Sugarcane Philippines
Sugar Moon / Sap Moon Full Worm - March Moon. Maple Moon. North America
Suicide (jisatsu) Japan
Suma and Iro-no-Hama Two famous poetry places in Japan

Sumac or sumach leaves Red and colored autumn leaves.
Sumidagawa River Tokyo, Japan

Summer (natsu, Japan)
Summer begins .. Japan. Many related kigo
Summer comes to an end .. Japan. Many related kigo
..... SUMMER FOOD of Japan
..... Summer clothing ... a KIGO list. shorts and aloha shirts and more.
..... Summer Food ... a KIGO list.
Summer Drinks Japan ... a KIGO list
Including sweet rice wine (amazake), beer, ice shavings with flavor (kakigoori), barley tea (mugicha), strong liquor (shochu) and many more
..... SUMMER ... preparing Japanese food
Including natto fermented beans, vinegar (su)
..... Summer Purification Ceremony (nagoshi, harae, misogi and more) Japan
..... Summer in India Kigo Collection
..... Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan
..... Summer Solstice (geshi) Worldwide
Summer vegetables SAIJIKI including parsley, water pepper, moroheya ...

Sumo Wrestling and related kigo

Sun (dinesh) . India. (taiyoo) Japan
Sun god (aditya). suriya namaskarIndia. Sun Godess, Amaterasu Oomikami, Japan
Sunset (yuuhi) Japan Worldwide
Sunflower (himawari) Japan. Europa. North America

Super Bowl Sunday North America, New England

Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide
Sushi, popular food Japan
Sutra, Sutras, Buddhist scriptures (kyoo, o-kyoo) Japan

Swallow (tsubame, Japan)
Swallowtail butterflies (agehachoo) Yemen, Japan

Swan (hakuchoo) Japan. Black swan (kurchoo)
Sweat (ase) Japan. Perspiration, transpiration and related kigo

Sweets from Japan - WAGASHI SAIJIKI
Sweetfish
Sweet Osmanthus (kinmokisei, ginmokusei ) Japan. Sweet Olive, Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive. (Osmanthus fragrans)
Sweet potatoes (satsumaimo, satsuma imo ) Japan

Swift (Apus apus) Ireland, Europe
Swimming (oyogi) Japan. Many related kigo.
Swing (buranko) Japan

swordsmith (tookoo) Japan. bellows festival, bellows (fuigo). Japanese sword (katana).

Index from T to Z

........................................................... TTT

Tagore Memorial Day 　 　Rabindranath Tagore, India　　
Tamarack, Larch (karamatsu)
Tansen The Musician, India
Tanzaku, small poetry boards ... Japan. also SHIKISHI
Tantra
Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye. Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
Taro root (sato-imo, taro imo) Japan. Taro-Kartoffel
Tarweed Ireland
Tatami floor mats Japan
Tattoo, Tatoo (irezumi, horimono) Japan
Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) Philippines

..... Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記 Japan
Tea, Black Tea .. Worldwide
Tea blossoms (cha no hana) Japan. Types of Japanese tea
Tea (Swahili : chai) .. Kenya
New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea (fukucha) Japan

Teacher's Day, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day India

Teeth strengthening (hagatame) Japan
..... rice cakes for strengthening the teeth, hagatame no mochi

Temple, Buddhist Temple (tera, -ji) Japan
..... TempleIndia

Thanksgiving
Three Kings Day, Epiphany
Thrush family of birds (tsugumi) in all seasons Japan
Thunder (kaminari) (05) also Lightning (inazuma) Japan

Tibet
Tide, ebb and flood (shio, ushio) ... KIGO LIST

Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India,
..... ..... including Tiger as animal

Tipu tree (Tipuana tipu) Kenya
Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Tit family of birds Japan

Tobacco plant (tabakko) Japan. Nicotiana tabacum. Tabakpflanze
Toadlily, Tricyrtis hirta (hototogisu) Japan
..... Today (kyoo), tomorrow (asu)Japan. This morning (kesa)
Tofu (toofu), bean curd Japan
Toilet, outhouse (benjo, toire) Japan, worldwide
Tomato (tomato) (Japan.
Toothache and Dentist Haiku Zahnwehgott in Nepal

Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ... worldwide. Religious tourism in Japan.
Travel, Traveler's Sky (tabi, tabi no sora) Japan, worldwide
Tray, Dinner tray (zen), box tray (hako zen) ... Japan

Trees as haiku topics ... ... and kigo with trees
Trekking (Trecking) Trek (India, worldwide). Backpacking
Trench clearing Guyana

Trillium family of flowers (kinugasa soo) .. Japan. North America

..... Trinidad and Tobago Saijiki

Trout and sweetfish (ayu, masu, iwana and more) and salmon (benimasu) and yamame Japan. Forelle und Lachs
Trumpet Creeper (noozenkazura) (05) Japan, Campsis grandiflora

Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory, Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America. Trumpet tree, golden yellow trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha) India

Tsukuba Mountain, First view of Mt. Tsukuba (hatsu Tsukuba) Japan
Tsukudani ... seafood simmered in sweet soy sauce Japan

Tulip
Tukaram Celebrations India
Tumeric (ukon) (India) Kurkuma, Curcuma, Gelbwurz

Tuna, tunafish (maguro) Thunfisch Japan. Kigo and food. also bonito (katsuo) skipjack and swordfish /marlin (kajiki maguro)
Tundra, Siberia, Hokkaido, Okinawa etc... topics for haiku
Turban shell as food (tsuboyaki, yakisazae) Japan

... ... ... ... Kiyose for Turkey ... TURKEY

Turnip (kabu) and more winter vegetables
Turtle, turtoise (kame) Japan, Yemen

Twilight, dusk (kure, tasogare) Japan. Worldwide. a LIST

Typhoon (Japan) Hurricane Typhoon, Hurricane Part II


........................................................... UUU

Umbrella (Kenya)

Umewaka Memorial Day and Temple Mokubo-Ji (Umewaka Ki) Japan
..... Great Amida Prayer Ceremony (Mokuboji dainenbutsu )

..... Utamakura, Place Names in Japanese Poetry "Poetry Pillow Words", makurakotoba. Kakekotoba, pivot words.

Utsu no Yama, Mount Utsu, Mt. Utsu near Okabe in Shizuoka


........................................................... VVV

Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India
Valentine’s Day Japan, worldwide
Valerian, yellow flowered valerian (ominaeshi) Japan. Patrinia scabiosaefolia

VEGETABLE SAIJIKI ... YASAI

Vegetables from Kyoto (kyooyasai, kyoyasai, kyosai) Japan
Vending maschines (hanbaiki, hambaiki) Japan

Verbs used in SPRING KIGO ... A long list
. . . . . Verbs used in Haiku ... Some theory

Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)

Violett and Purple : MURASAKI in Haiku

Virga precipitation Southern United States

Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)
..... Voices of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Many examples and translation possibilities.


........................................................... WWW

Wabi and Sabi (wabi sabi) The Japanese Aesthetics of Solitude

Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada
Wagtail (sekirei) Japan
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) Walpurgisnacht (Germany). Witches, Brocken mountain ... Hexen
War and Peace (sensoo to heiwa) 　

Warbler family of birds ... during all seasons

Warmth (atataka), feeling warm in spring (shundan) Japan

..... Warm Things to keep you warm in Winter in Japan A KIGO list.
..... ..... Including stove, furniture, clothing and food.

Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan

. . . WASHOKU ... Japanese Food Saijiki

..... Water in various kigo
including: clear water in summer (shimizu), water birds, water lily, water melon, waterfall, dripping water and many more
Water (nomimizu) Drinking Water of Japan
Water clears (mizu sumu) Japan. Water in Autumn (aki no mizu)
Water chestnut (hishi) Japan. Trapa japonica
Water rail bird (kuina) in all seasons Japan. Rallus aquaticus
Water shield (junsai) Brasenia schreberi. Japan
Water Shortage (Tropics)
Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄
Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii Australia
Water tank (As-Saharieg) . Yemen

Wattle in Bloom
Waxwing, Japanese waxwing (renjaku) Japan. Bombycilla japonica

Weasel (itachi) Japan
Weaver birds (Ploceidae family) Kenya
"We Beat" FestivalTrinidad & Tobago
Weeds (zassoo) worldwide
Welch Onion Head (negi boozu) (Japan) Leek, Green Onion, Spring Onion
Well, cleaning the well (ido zarai) Japan. Brunnen

Whales, kujira (Japan)
Wheat and Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan

Whipbird ~ Psophodes olivaceus Australia

..... WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan
... White breath (shiraiki) Japan, worldwide
... White Dew (shiratsuyu) Japan
... White layered summer robes (shiragasane) Japan
... White Day Japan
White Eye Bird (mejiro) Japan
... White Night Polar Circle

Wild Boar (inoshishi) Japan
Wildflowers (kusa no hana), wild flowers in the fields (hana no) Japan
Wild Roses blossoms (ibara, nobara) Japan. rose hip, the red berries

Will-o'-the-wisp (kitsunebi, onibi) Japan

Willow tree (yanagi)Japan. Many kigo throughout the seasons
..... Willow robes (yanagi goromo) Japan. More related spring cloths kigo (haru goromo)

Wimbledon Tennis Championship Tournament, Grand Slam England

.. .. .. .. .. WIND in various kigo (05)
Wind Chimes (fuurin)Japan. Windbells, wind bells, wind-bells
Window (mado) Japan

Wine (budooshu) Japan. Red wine, white wine, making wine, wine festival ...

Winter (fuyu, Japan)
..... Winter Ascetic Practises (kangyoo) Japan
Winter begins .. Japan. Many related kigo
Winter comes to an end .. Japan. Many related kigo
..... Warm Things to keep you warm in Winter in Japan A KIGO list.
..... ..... Including stove, furniture, clothing and food.
..... Winter Cherry Blossoms (fuyuzakura)(Japan)
..... Winter drizzle, sleet (shigure) Japan. Many more related kigo.
..... Winter food ... ... a KIGO LIST
..... Winter in India
..... . Winter Seclusion, hibernation (fuyugomori) Japan
..... . Winter Solstice (tooji) Japan
Wintersweet (roobai) Japan

Wisteria (fuji) Japan. wisteria trellis, fujidana and more kigo
..... Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan

Withered fields (kareno, Kudarano) Japan
Withered rice paddies (karita) Japan
Withered plants, withered weeds (karekusa, kusagare) Withering plants. Japan
Withered trees (kareki)... bare branches (kare eda) and more
Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan

Wolf (ookami) Japan
Wolfberry, cooked rice with wolfberry leaves (kuko meshi) Japan

Woman, Women (onna, saotome) and related KIGO Japan, worldwide
Women's Day International Women's Day, Mimosa Day (Russia)
Women's slope (onna-zaka). Slope for men (otoko-zaka) Japan

Wood, firewood Kenya
Woodpecker (kistutsuki, kera, kitataki ) Japan
Woodstock Festival North America

..... World Days ..... a growing list
World AIDS Day Kenya, worldwide
World Music Day India, worldwide
World Peace Day International Day of Peace. Ahimsa: India, worldwide. Weltfriedenstag
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag). Italy, Germany, worldwide

Worm, worms and earthworm (mimizu) Japan. Regenwurm

Wren (misosazai) Japan... and winter birds like
Duck (kamo), Hawk (taka), Hooded gull (miyakodori, yurikamome), Swan (hakuchoo)



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Yam potatoe dishes (tororo jiru) Japan

Yamabushi Mountain Ascetics, Shugendo Japan

Year coming to an end . activities ... ... with many KIGO

Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki, Japan)
Yellow Sand (koosa, kosa)(Japan, China)
Yellowtail (buri) Seriola quinqueradiata

..... YEMEN SAIJIKI

Yew Tree (ichi i, ichii, ichi-i)Japan. Taxus cuspida

Yin and Yang, Duality, Judgementa worldwide topic

Yoga India
Yom haShoah (Day of Desolation) (Israel)
Young leaves (wakaba, Japan)

Yuba, skin of soy milk Japan
Yugiri Memorial Day (Yuugiri Ki) and the Tale of Genji Japan
YuleIreland
Yuzu (Japan) a ctiron fruit
..... Yuzu citron dishes for autumn Japan



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Zazen ... and Daruma san. Japan

Zen and Haiku, Ego and HaikuWorldwide

Zinnia, hyakunichisoo (one hundred days flower) Zinnia elegans Japan


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