Snow melting (yukidoke)

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Snow melting, thawing (yukidoke)

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

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Explanation

melting snow, snowmelt, thaw, yukidoke 雪解
..... 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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early thaw
a new heart carved
in the gatepost

Laryalee Fraser
(C) 2005


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spring thaw -
grandma sneeks a peek
at an old valentine

Carole MacRury
2005


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February flood
the ripple effect of
an early thaw

Jim Swift


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spring thaw --
the stream parts to embrace
the stone

Hortensia Anderson New York, NY, USAFirst Prize
mdn.mainichi.co.jp/haiku/03/selection2002


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Related words

***** Snow (yuki)

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