Spring (haru)

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Spring (haru, Japan) 春

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Heavens

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Explanation

The spring season in Japanese Haiku
is fixed according to the Asian lunar calendar from the beginning of spring around the fourth of February until the fifth of May. In reality the spring in Central Japan lasts roughly from March to May.

Early spring : February 4 to March 5
Mid-spring : March 6 to April 4
Late spring : April 5 to May 5

There are many kigo with relation to "Spring", we will pick them up here.
Gabi Greve


Origa
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/worldkigo/my_photos


early spring
the squirrel still running
upside down

Owen Burkhart, WHCjapan

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Check out the University of Virginia Japanese Saijiki for SPRING
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/1sp.html

haru : Spring

The Season .. The Heavens .. The Earth .. Daily Life .. Observances .. Animals .. Plants
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/brief.html

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sleepy in spring, spring slug-abed 春眠 shunmin

frost in spring, haru no shimo　春の霜
sleet in spring, haru no arare　春の霰　はるのあられ
snow in spring, haru no yuki 春の雪

earth in spring, haru no tsuchi 春の土
water in spring, haru no mizu 春の水; shunsui 春水

first spring, shoshun 初春
..... haru hajime 春初（はるはじめ）, mooshun 孟春（もうしゅん）, jooshun上春（じょうしゅん）

early spring, sooshun 早春
..... haru hayashi 春早し（はるはやし）, "thin spring" haru awashi 春淡し（はるあわし）

signs of spring, haru meku 春めく
In early spring, when it looks like spring, but still some cold days and chilly winds are here. Still there are many signs of spring arriving and we feel great joy about it.
"spring is moving in", haru ugoku 春動く（はるうごく）
"feeling spring", haru kizasu 春きざす（はるきざす）


late spring, banshun 晩春
spring is leaving, yuku haru 行く春
..... haru no nagori 春の名残（はるのなごり）, haru yuku 春行く（はるゆく）, haru no katami 春のかたみ, haru no yuku-e 春の行方（はるのゆくえ）, haru no wakare 春の別れ, haru no kagiri 春の限り（はるのかぎり）, haru no hate 春の果て（はるのはて）, haru no minato, 春の湊（はるのみなと）, haru no tomari 春の泊（はるのとまり）, naru nozotataru 春ぞ隔たる（はるぞへだたる）, haru tsuku 春尽く（はるつく）, shunjin春尽（しゅんじん）, soshun 徂春（そしゅん）, "sending off the spring" haru o okuru 春を送る（はるをおくる）

spring begins, risshun 立春
..... haru tatsu 春立つ（はるたつ）, haru kuru 春来る（はるくる）, haru saru 春さる（はるさる）, haru ni naru 春になる（はるになる）
..... "Great Luck in Beginning Spring" risshun daikichi 立春大吉（りっしゅんだいきち）

"Spring Shrine" shunsha 春社
..... "day of the shrine" shanichi 社日）、shanichi sama 社日様（しゃにちさま）
..... visiting the shrine day, shanichi moode 社日詣（しゃにちもうで）
..... rain on the old man of the shrine, shaoo no ame 社翁の雨（しゃおうのあめ）
..... swallows of the shrine, sha en 社燕（しゃえん）

night in spring, haru no yo 春の夜
..... yowa no haru 夜半の春（よわのはる）
..... haru no yoi 春の宵, shunshoo 春宵（しゅんしょう）, yoi no haru宵の春（よいのはる）
..... evening in spring, haru no kure 春の暮, haru no yu 春の夕, haru no yuube 春の夕（はるのゆうべ）, haru yuube 春夕（はるゆうべ）, shunseki 春夕（しゅんせき）
..... spring twilight, haru hakuba 春薄暮（はるはくぼ）

cold in early spring, haru samushi 春寒し　（はるさむし）

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kigo for all spring

暖か あたたか warm,warmth
shundan 春暖（しゅんだん）warmth in spring
atatakeshiあたたけし、nukushi ぬくし feeling warm



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Worldwide use

The Spring in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

This is the season that flowers of various colours begin to bloom all at once.As it is getting warmer, trees and herbs begin to swell their flower buds.Let's keep our minds clear and listen carefully the sound of spring whispering here and there.
Link with many flower pictures, names in Japanese and English.
http://www.shinjukugyoen.go.jp/season/english-springflower.html

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Things found on the way

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/wlhaiku/springhaiku.html


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HAIKU

a cool spring breeze . . .
flowers swaying side to side
in the meadow

Jake S.
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/wlhaiku/springhaiku.html

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a spring breeze
parts the curtains -
an empty crib

ruminating
on a spring meadow
heartbeats

Laryalee Fraser

Look at the beautiful haiga by Ashe to go with these:
http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/HP/Duets/Lary/08laryegg.htm
http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/HP/Duets/Lary/07laryheartbeats.htm

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春寒し殻の硬きを踏み砕く
harusamushi kara no kataki o fumikudaku

a shell's solidity
crushed under my foot
early spring

©　Emiko Miyashita
Read a good discussion of this translation on this LINK.


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 spring rain
 even death valley
 is alive with flowers

Victor P. Gendrano, March 2005

Due to the unusually hard and long rain in California this year, vegetation and flowers not seen in a hundred years are blooming even in Death Valley desert. Botanists and laymen flock there to study, enjoy, and photograph them. This is the time of the year when observing wildflowers alongside freeways is a pleasant pastime especially for city-bred people. Even writers, poets, and haikugroups join in the field day.

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snowflakes
on my pretzel---
Spring in New York

© JJ April 2, 2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/22523

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Related words


***** Kite, flying a kite (tako, takoage) Japan.


***** Cold weather in autumn, winter and spring . . KIGO LIST




立春や 池の鏡に あれ雲が

quiet spring day -
the lake a mirror
but aaaa, the clouds !

©　Haiku and Photo by Gabi Greve
Look at more photos here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/03/late-spring-lake.html



***** Beginning of Spring (risshun) 立春：
early Spring
risshun, beginning of spring [one of the 24 Seasonal Essences (fortnightly periods);
the next day after Setsubun, February 2 or 3.
春立つ haru tatsu, spring begins
春来る haru kuru, spring comes
春きざす　haru kizasu, spring to be felt, sign of spring
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/1sp-1se.html

a sign of spring
an eagle flys circular
in blue sky

Etsuko Yanagibori

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risshun ya
tanuki no koi no
nioi kana

.. .. .. .. .. First Spring Day !
.. .. .. .. .. the smell of badger's love
.. .. .. .. .. in the fields

Fruehlingsbeginn !
der Geruch von liebestollen Dachsen
in den Feldern

Gabi Greve
Read a little explanation here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/1161

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spring twilight-
two backhoes side by side
on the bank

David Bacharach

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***** Cold coming back (kan modori 寒戻り)

kan modori -
let the world be
and take a rest



Gabi Greve (C) 2005
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/03/cold-coming-back.html

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spring break --
the dog escapes through
a loose fence

© Juanito, WHCjapan #1572


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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


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