air conditioning (reiboo)

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Air conditioner (reiboo)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

reiboo 冷房 (れいぼう) air conditioning
to cool a room
..... seiboo soochi 冷房装置（れいぼうそうち）
air conditioning unit
ruumu kuura ルームクーラー room cooler
kuura クーラー cooler

reiboosha 冷房車（れいぼうしゃ） air-conditioned car
a train car or a bus or a taxi





Before the advent of air conditioning, people had to endure the hot summer.
Now many homes have at least one aircon and buildings and department stores are fully cooled.
When you enter a cooled room after spending some time outside, this is indeed a feeling of relief.

The Japanese units for air conditioning have developed quite a bit during many years.
The units do not only cool but have to cope with the great humidity of the Japanese summer.

Some offices are cooled down so much that the office ladies wear sweaters and blankets on the knees to keep from "air conditioning illness" 冷房病.


To save energy, many offices keep the temperature at 27 or 28 degrees centigrade since 2005.

kuuru bizu クールビズ "cool business"
special suits designed to keep you cool in summer.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !

. Cool Business after the Earthquake May 11, 2011 　
Saving Energy.


Natural air conditioning in former times was simple:
a room in the shade where the wind could blow through, so the homes were constructed with many windows and blinds before them.

Thick tiles or roofing to keep the direct sunshine out.

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Air conditioning
is the dehumidification of indoor air for thermal comfort. In a broader sense, the term can refer to any form of cooling, heating, ventilation, or disinfection that modifies the condition of air. An air conditioner (often referred to as AC or air con) is an appliance, system, or machine designed to stabilise the air temperature and humidity within an area (used for cooling as well as heating depending on the air properties at a given time), typically using a refrigeration cycle but sometimes using evaporation, commonly for comfort cooling in buildings and motor vehicles.
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Worldwide use

Klimaanlage

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Yemen

It starts mostly for all households early summer - May.
The condense water surprises each time, dripping on the ground.


air con droppings
well, well - a well it is
for sparrows and cats


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neighbor's air con runs
among wet pebbels
at least a plant

Heike Gewi

. YEMEN SAIJIKI 　



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Things found on the way


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HAIKU


冷房の店に出入りし涼求む
reiboo no mise ni dehairi shi ryoo motomu

I look for shops
with air conditioning ...
trying to find coolness

Horiba Kooichi, Koichi 堀場康一 (1950 - )
Tr. Gabi Greve
http://www.geocities.jp/dabudabo/poetry/haiku1-2.htm


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エアコンの音にまかせて昼寝かな
eakon no oto ni makasete hirune kana

to the gentle sound
of the air conditioner
I take a nap . . .

Nakayama Ishino 中山石野


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source : ichiran
with many reibo haiku


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morning breeze
airconditioning
indeed here

kenneth daniels (Guyana)


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beginning summer -
the aircon out of order
for another week


It broke down just yesterday and takes a while to replace . . .
The hot summer started quite suddenly this year!

Gabi Greve, July 8, 2013


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Day’s temperature
Hotter than my body’s heat
Air conditioned room

- Shared by Kenne Thomas -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013
http://databaseworldkigo.blogspot.jp/2013/01/culture-magazine-haiku.html



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Related words

***** . ventilator (senpuuki　扇風機）electric fan 　
and Japanese hand fans of all kinds

***** . Feeling cool in summer .


***** .SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY
Kigo for Summer 　


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