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12/29/2006

Waitinglist KIGO

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Waitinglist KIGO


SPRING--THE EARTH

avalanche (nadare, mid spring).


SPRING--HUMANITY

beach combing (shiohigari, late spring).

herb gathering (tsumikusa, all spring).

spring melancholy (shunshuu, all spring).



SPRING--ANIMALS

rising carp (nokkomi buna, late spring).

tadpoles (otamajakushi, late spring).


SPRING--PLANTS

bamboo autumn (take no aki, late spring).

willow fluff (ryuujo, mid spring).

vetch (genge, late spring).

fiddlehead (warabi, mid spring).

reed ears (tsubana, mid spring).

reed sprouts (ashi no tsuno, mid spring).
Lit. 'horns'.

waterweeds grow (mikusa ou, mid spring).


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SUMMER--THE HEAVENS


heat at zenith (hizakari, late summer).

shady side (katakage, late summer).


SUMMER--HUMANITY

people cooling on the porch (hashi-i, all summer).

weir (yana, all summer).


SUMMER--ANIMALS

fawn (kanoko, all summer).

kingfisher (kawasemi, all summer).


SUMMER--PLANTS

fallen evergreen leaves (tokiwagi ochiba, early summer).

phoenix tree [blossoms] (aogiri, all summer).
Firmiana plantanifolia.

rank weeds (kusa ikire, late summer).


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AUTUMN--THE SEASON

desolate (susamaji, late autumn).

refreshing (sawayaka, all autumn).



AUTUMN--THE HEAVENS

autumn color (shuushoku, all autumn).


AUTUMN--HUMANITY

autumn contemplation (shuushi, all autumn).


AUTUMN--ANIMALS

rice sparrows (inesuzume, all autumn).

shrike (mozu, all autumn).

wagtail (sekirei, all autumn).


AUTUMN--PLANTS


Japanese ivy (tsuta, all autumn). Its leaves turn red.

knotgrass (aka no manma, early autumn). Polygonum blumei.

potato (imo, all autumn).

tattered lotus (yarehasu, late autumn).

wind in the reeds (ogi no koe, early autumn).



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WINTER--ANIMALS


sea cucumber (namako, all winter).


WINTER--PLANTS

early plum blossoms (soobai, late winter).

hermit smartweed (senryoo, all winter). A literal translation; for its red berries.

onion (negi, all winter).

spearflower (manryoo, all winter).
Ardisia crenata Sims

spearflower (yabukooji, all winter).
Ardisia japonica Blume


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7/19/2005

Grebe Bird

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Grebe (Podiceps family of Birds)

***** Location: South Central Alaska
***** Season: All Summer in Alaska, Winter in Japan
***** Category: Animal


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Explanation

Grebe (Podiceps family of Birds)

kaitsuburi, nio カイツブリ ニオ


A migratory water bird which lives in Alaska from May to late September.

Red-necked Grebe  
Podiceps grisegena


Description
18-20" (46-51 cm). A slender bird and, in the East, the largest regularly occurring grebe. In breeding plumage, has rufous neck, black cap, whitish cheeks, and long, pointed yellowish bill. In winter, mainly gray, with paler cheeks, pale (not necessarily yellow) bill. In flight, distinguished from loons by its smaller size and white wing patches.

Habitat
Ponds and lakes in summer; large lakes, coastal bays, and estuaries in winter and migration.

Nesting
4 or 5 bluish-white eggs, stained brown, on a floating mass of dead reeds and grass in reedy lakes. Rarely nests in colonies.

Range
Breeds from Alaska and northern Canada south to Oregon, Idaho, Ontario, and southern Minnesota; rarely east to southern Quebec. Winters south along coasts to southern California and Georgia, rarely to Florida. Also in Eurasia.

Voice
Usually silent. On breeding grounds, a variety of squeaks, growls, and wailing calls.

Discussion
Highly aquatic, grebes can swim with only their heads above water, concealing themselves in low pond vegetation. The young, handsomely striped in black and white, are often seen riding on the parents' backs. Like loons, grebes are expert divers, propelling themselves with their lobed toes as they pursue fish, crustaceans, and aquatic insects.
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=17006


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The Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps

is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.

The Pied-billed Grebe breeds in south-central Canada, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and temperate South America.

Pied-billed Grebes feed mainly on aquatic invertebrates, and also on small fish and amphibians (frogs, tadpoles). Pied-billed Grebes have been shown to eat their own feathers to aid in digestion (prevent injury from small bones).
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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Worldwide use

The grebes are an ancient family going back 80 million years, well-represented in the fossil record, and not closely related to any other birds. They are adapted for diving, with legs set well back on the body and toes lobed. They spend virtually all their time in the water and are very ungainly on land, even when just turning eggs at an anchored nest of floating vegetation. The highly migratory northern hemisphere species, like the Horned Grebe, are brightly feathered in summer but become plain dark-and-white in winter. More sedentary birds, such as the Pied-billed Grebe, wear more similar plumages throughout the year.

Tropical grebes tend to be small and dark, from the Australasian Little Grebe of Australia & New Guinea to the Least Grebe of the American neotropics.

For pictures see this LINK.
http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/grebes.html

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Japan

Kaitsuburi かいつぶり (or the reading of nio to make it shorter for counting 5-7-5) is a
kigo for winter.

Nio no su, the floating nest of the grebe at Lake Biwa and other lakes, is seen in spring (May), as in the following haiku by Basho. They are found so often and in great numbers, so the Lake is called “Nio no umi”, “Sea of the Grebe”.

1687年(貞享4年)の夏、芭蕉は江戸にあって二度目の長旅を計画していた。再び関西をめぐる「笈の小文」の旅である。こころは既に近江にあった。琵琶湖の葦の根本に作る鳰(にお)の巣でも見に行ってみようかと、友に旅の計画を打ち明けた。鳰はカイツブリのことで琵琶湖に多く棲息する。よって琵琶湖のことを「鳰の海」という。葦と鳰をみるには近江八幡の水郷がよい。  

五月雨に 鳰の浮巣を 見にゆかん
samidare ni nio no ukisu o mi ni yukan

in the rain of the fifth month
let us go and see
the nest of the grebe
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Matsuo Basho
(This is the fifth lunar month, now June, the rainy season in Japan.)




四方より 花吹き入れて におの海
shihoo yori hana fuki-irete nio no umi
Basho

from all directions
cherry petals blown in
the Sea of the Grebe
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
http://www.takase.com/Haiku/HaikuSource01.htm


Genju-An no ki (The Hut of the Phantom Dwelling)
by Matsuo Basho

I too gave up city life some ten years ago, and now I'm approaching fifty. I'm like a bagworm that's lost its bag, a snail without its shell. I've tanned my face in the hot sun of Kisakata in Ou, and bruised my heels on the rough beaches of the northern sea, where tall dunes make walking so hard. And now this year here I am drifting by the waves of Lake Biwa.

The grebe attaches its floating nest to a single strand of reed, counting on the reed to keep it from washing away in the current. With a similar thought, I mended the thatch on the eaves of the hut, patched up the gaps in the fence, and at the beginning of the fourth month, the first month of summer, moved in for what I thought would be no more than a brief stay. Now, though, I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever want to leave.
http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/basho1.html


Matsuo Basho -
. - Oomi 近江 89 poems written in Omi, Shiga - .


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HAIKU


. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .


水鳥よ今のうき世に寝ぼけるな
mizudori yo ima no ukiyo ni nebokeru na
mizu-tori yo

hey water birds,
in today's floating world
you've gotta stay wide awake!

Tr. Chris Drake

This humorous winter hokku was written in the 12th month (January) of 1815, when Issa had returned to Edo from his hometown for a visit. In it Issa refers to two meanings of "floating world": 1) the world of the migrating ducks, geese, and other water birds who spend the winter floating on the ponds, lakes, rivers, and bays of Japan, and 2) "today's" floating world (ukiyo 浮世), the material world of economic concerns and momentary but precious pleasures, entertainments, and interests.

The big city of Edo, where Issa is staying now, is the center of "today's" life- and pleasure-affirming floating world, whose culture can still be seen as portrayed in many woodblock color prints -- known as ukiyo-e, "floating world pictures" -- of various aspects of worldly commoner life. The word "today's" contrasts this commoner-centered, change-affirming floating world (ukiyo) with the traditional Buddhist view of the world as a place of transience and sorrow (also ukiyo, but one of the characters is different) that was predominant in the medieval period. Issa's True Pure Land school of Buddhism is also more affirmative of the material floating world than many of the older schools of Buddhism, and Issa does not seem to be denying this contemporary world and asserting the superiority of the older medieval belief that the world is full of change and sorrow. At the same time, Issa was critical of many aspects of contemporary life in Edo.

The hokku is in the form of direct address to the water birds, so Issa is probably near one of the many ponds, canals, or rivers running through Edo that generally didn't freeze over in winter. Since the birds have flown south for the winter, Issa may assume they are naive and don't know much about "today's floating world" in Edo very well. As a former country boy who came to Edo and gradually learned about life there the hard way, Issa seems to want to give them some helpful advice. The birds are apparently napping or drowsy when Issa sees them, so he tells them to wake up. If they don't keep their eyes wide open, there are all sorts of people in the contemporary floating world who are just waiting to con and deceive them into buying all sorts of nice things and engaging in all sorts of interesting but expensive activities.

In Edo the word 'duck' also referred to humans and meant 'sucker, chump, pushover,' and Issa's warning is obviously aimed at more than the wintering birds only. Still, though Issa is talking mainly to human readers, he no doubt tries to wake up the water birds as well, since, although hunting was forbidden to commoners in Edo, duck and goose meat were considered a delicacy if you could get them.

Chris Drake



Matsuo Basho and
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the upturned edges
of lily pads –
grebe calls


Cindy Zackowitz
(unpublished)

a shadow drifts
across the pond-
the grebe's tucked head


Cindy Zackowitz
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/shiki.archive/html/9805/0211.html

autumn sky -
the grebe rises
from it's wakeall

Cindy Zackowitz
http://home.gci.net/~alaskahaiku/saijiki.html

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flying through snow
a grebe's calling
moonlit voice


Anna Holley
http://www.ahapoetry.com/wtcrowbk.htm

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In the next haiku we are back in Japan,
where the grebe is a kigo for winter.


the little grebe..
disappears.. .. .. .. .gone..
into the year end sea...
Basho
http://www.villarana.freeserve.co.uk/zipschool/haiku%20translation%20one.htm


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Related words

***** Loon birds (Gavia family)

***** Water birds, mizudori (#mizutori) 水鳥

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1/02/2010

BACKUP SUMMER Humanity

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AAA Humanity and Haiku . . . SUMMER The Basics . . . / Use your own browser to search for a keyeword in the LIST below ! http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/humanity.html
worldkigo
air conditioning (reiboo) room cooler and more http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/05/air-conditioning-reiboo.html
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antidote (dokukeshi) for summer ailments more MEDICINE kigo http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/04/chinese-medicine-kanpo.html
worldkigo
balcony, veranda, terrace (rodai) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/01/living-at-home-interior.html
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bamboo planting (take uu) an old Chinese custom, http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/02/bamboo-take.html
worldkigo
bamboo wife (chikufujin) cool things for the bed http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/05/bamboo-wife-chiku-fujin.html
worldkigo
barefoot, bare feet (hadashi, suashi) barfuss http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/03/naked-hadaka.html
worldkigo
basin, shallow basin (suiban) for flowers and stones arrangements to make us feel cool http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/09/ikebana.html
worldkigo
basket for cooked rice (meshizaru, meshikago) more RICE food kigo http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/rice-reis.html
worldkigo
bathing suit (mizugi) more BATHING kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
beach life a KIGO list. surfing, swimming, diving for pleasure http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/beach.html
worldkigo
birdlime making (torimochitsuku, torimochi tsuku) from the bark of Ilex integra http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
blinds (sudare), rattan chair (too isu) and more cooling things in your home http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/blinds-bamboo-blind-sudare.html
worldkigo
boats and ships in summer, cruising (funaasobi) a KIGO list. rowboat, yacht http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/ship-boat-fune.html
worldkigo
branches cut back (eda harau) more GARDEN information http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2007/05/japanese-gardens.html
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brazier in summer (natsu hibachi) more HIBACHI kigo http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/11/hibachi.html
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bugs and insects dispelled (mushi kagari and others) various means are used to get rid of them (mushi okuri, seeing off the bugs and beetles in a festival) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fly-swatter.html
worldkigo
calabash stripes (kanpyoo) kampyo and more Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/05/summer-vegetables.html
worldkigo
camp (kyanpu), tent (tento) camping KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/07/camping-camp.html
worldkigo
children taking a bath in a bathtub (gyoosui) more WATER kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
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children taking a bath in the tub outside(gyoozui) http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
coolness in the evening breeze (yusuzumi) a KIGO list of feeling cool, riverside veranda and more http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/coolness-suzushi.html
worldkigo
cormorant fishing (ukai) a KIGO list http://europasaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/07/cormorant.html
worldkigo
cows / bulls for light ploughing (takaki ushi) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
cows and bulls are washed (ushi arau) more things WASHED in summer http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/12/washing-arau.html
worldkigo
cut glass (kiriko, kattogurasu) to serve cool food and drinks http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2010/04/kiriko-cut-glass.html
worldkigo
disease and illness : a KIGO list summer cold, heat stroke, prickley heat, diarrhoea, loosing weight in summer, dysentery, cholera, beriberi, malaria, athlete's foot, typhus, sunstroke, http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/common-cold-and-flu.html
worldkigo
door curtain for summer (natsu noren) more about DOOR CURTAIN http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/03/noren-door-curtains.html
worldkigo
drinks for summer cold drinks, beer, sake ... a LONG kigo list http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html
worldkigo
drying out the bugs (mushiboshi, mushi-boshi) doyoo-boshi (drying during the dog-days) http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/04/dog-days-doyoo.html
worldkigo
fan (ogi, uchiwa), folding fan, round hand fan, ceiling fan folding fan ... many ways to keep cool in summer http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/fan-oogi-and-uchiwa.html
worldkigo
fertilizer, green fertilizer (ryokuhi, kusagoe) more about Farmers Work in Summer http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
fireflies vendor (hotaru uri) chasing fireflies (hotarugari) and many more fireflies KIGO http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fireflies-hotaru-05.html
worldkigo
fireworks display (hanabi) a KIGO list http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/firework-display-hanabi.html
worldkigo
fishing in summer, all kinds of fish, all kinds of local methods a . long . KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/01/fishing-kigo.html
worldkigo
floating dolls (uki ningyoo) more DOLL kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-year-performances.html
worldkigo
flowers under water (suichuuka) ways to entertain visitors with coolness http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-entertainment.html
worldkigo
fly squatter (hae tataki) and more tools to ward off flies and mosquitoes, mosquito coils, ... katori senkoo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fly-swatter.html
worldkigo
folding screen from reed (yoshi byoobu) more cool things from REED http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/blinds-bamboo-blind-sudare.html
worldkigo
food of Summer SAIJIKI http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
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fountain (funsui) Springbrunnen. and mechanical water devices (mizukarakuri) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/06/fountain-funsui.html
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fragracne bag (nioibukuro). kakekoo, ku-no-e-koo ... more incense used in summer kigo http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2009/08/nioibukuro-sachet.html
worldkigo
fruit packed in paper bags (fukurokake) more FRUIT information http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kudamono-fruits-obst.html
worldkigo
fusuma sliding doors taken off (fusuma hazusu) let the wind in ... kazatooshi http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/fusuma.html
worldkigo
futon for summer, summer bedding (natsu futon) more FUTON kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/04/futon-bedding.html
worldkigo
geta sandals for rice planting (ta geta) more GETA information http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/04/geta-sandals.html
worldkigo
gloves for summer (natsu tebukuro) more GLOVES kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/kimono.html
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grafting plants ... camellia and chrysanthemum (kiku sasu, tsubaki sasu) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/planting-in-summer.html
worldkigo
hair washing (kami arau) more WASHING kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/12/washing-arau.html
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hakama trousers for summer (natsubakama) more trouser-skirt KIGO http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
hammock (hanmokku) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/hammock.html
worldkigo
hanger for airing robes (emondake) pole for airing cloths (emonzao) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/07/sweat-ase.html
worldkigo
haori coat for summer (natsubaori) more COAT kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
hay (hoshikusa). Heu a KIGO list. making hay http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
heat, warding off the heat (shokibarai) http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
worldkigo
hemp harvesting (asa karu) Cannabis sativa more HEMP kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/hemp-asa.html
worldkigo
home, preparations for living in summer a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/01/living-at-home-interior.html
worldkigo
horse for light plowing (takaki uma) more about Farmers Work in Summer http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
horses cooled (uma hiyasu) more HORSE kigo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/08/horse-uma.html
worldkigo
ice flowers (hanagoori) for decoration more about COOLNESS in summer http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/coolness-suzushi.html
worldkigo
ice for food in summer, icecream, soft cream icebox with real ice and many more http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/ice-cutting.html
worldkigo
indigo harvest (ai karu) more about INDIGO http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/numbers-used-in-kigo.html
worldkigo
insect collecting (konchuu saishuu) and insects as food http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/04/konchuu-ryoori-insects.html
worldkigo
iris bath (shoobuyu) night before the Boy's Festival http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/12/bath-furo.html
worldkigo
joruri puppet theater on a cool evening (suzumi jooruri) more about Bunraku and Joruri performances http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/07/bunraku-and-joruri.html
worldkigo
kyogen performance with water (mizu kyoogen) more about Kabuki and Kyogen http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/04/kabuki.html
worldkigo
lace (reesu), knitting lace http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
lamp, lamplight in summer (natsu tomoshi) more LAMP kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/lamp-light-shuutoo.html
worldkigo
landscape garden miniatur (hakoniwa) in a box or basin, as cool decoration http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/09/ikebana.html
worldkigo
lanterns revolving (soomatoo) decorated revolving lamps (mawaridooroo) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/12/light-offerings-afloat-tooroo-nagashi.html
worldkigo
laquer collecting (urushi kaku) more LAQUER tree kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/06/laquer-tree.html
worldkigo
lawn mowing (shibakari) lawn mower (shibakariki ) . more LAWN information http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
lice powder (nomitoriko) made from the insect powder plant http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
worldkigo
lotus viewing (hasumi, hasu mi) more LOTUS kigo http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/06/lotus.html
worldkigo
makomo rice harvest (makomo karu) more abuot makomo wild rice http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/ship-boat-fune.html
worldkigo
medicine used in summer, medicine vendors of the Edo period a KIGO list. traditional Chinese medicine http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
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mosquito net (kaya) . various types of Old Japan and other MOSQUITO - related kigo for summer http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/01/mosquitoes-ka.html
worldkigo
mothball boat (shoonoobune) more about toys for children http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-entertainment.html
worldkigo
mowing, cutting grass (kusakari) a . long . KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
naked (hadaka) stripped to the waist (hadanugi) http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/03/naked-hadaka.html
worldkigo
nap (hirune) Mittagsschlaf http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/06/mittagsschlaf.html
worldkigo
night game (naitaa) more BASEBALL kigo http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/02/baseball-playoff.html
worldkigo
night stories (yobanashi) and tatebanko diorama illustrations http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/08/daruma-yobanashi.html
worldkigo
noh performance at night (yonoo, takagi noo) more about Noh performances http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/yugen-yuugen.html
worldkigo
noh performance at night, takagi noo 薪能 takagi noo, takagi no, takaginoh http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/yugen-yuugen.html
worldkigo
outdoor performances, music, theater, ballet (yagai ensoo, yagai eiga ... ) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-entertainment.html
worldkigo
panama hat, kankan hat more HAT kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/05/hat-kasa.html
worldkigo
parasol and umbrella (higasa) more UMBRELLA kigo http://kenyasaijiki.blogspot.com/2006/09/umbrella.html
worldkigo
peppermint harvest (hakka karu) peppermint from Hokkaido http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/hokkaido.html
worldkigo
perfume (koosui), cologne (oodikoron) more about FRAGRANCE and kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/09/smell-and-fragrance.html
worldkigo
pillow from bamboo (takemakura) pillows to keep cool in summer, a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/05/bamboo-wife-chiku-fujin.html
worldkigo
planting in summer millet, beans, eggplants, sweet potatoes, sesame, cotton http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/planting-in-summer.html
worldkigo
planting rice, taue and related KIGO http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fields-paddies-ta.html
worldkigo
rain break (ame yasumi) giving thanks for the rain after a dry spell http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
rain ritual, rain prayer (amagoi) for rain to stop or for rain to fall ... rain is important to the rice farmers http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/06/rain-rituals-amagoi-05.html
worldkigo
rapeseed harvest (natane karu) more RAPESEED information http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/04/rape-blossoms-na-no-hana.html
worldkigo
rattan chair (too isu) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/blinds-bamboo-blind-sudare.html
worldkigo
reed flute (kusabue), leaf flute more FLUTE kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/11/flute-fue.html
worldkigo
refrigerator (reizooko) a KIGO list, ice-cutting in summer http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/ice-cutting.html
worldkigo
rice planting (taue, ta-ue) a long KIGO list. The most important activity for rice farmers http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/06/fields-paddies-ta.html
worldkigo
rice planting comes to an end with a ceremony (sanaburi) taue jimai http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
rice planting women (saotome) more WOMAN kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/woman-and-haiku.html
worldkigo
room near the spring (izumidono), room near the waterfall (takidono) room for fishing (tsuridono) . Palace architecture and related KIGO http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2008/04/higashiyama-culture.html
worldkigo
rushes harvest (i karu), igusa drying rushes (i hosu) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/winter-farmers-work.html
worldkigo
sash for summer (natsu obi) http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/06/kyoshi-natsu-obi.html
worldkigo
school life in summer, summer camp, summer holidays SCHOOL LIFE in all seasons http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/02/school-life-in-all-seasons.html
worldkigo
screen door (amido) screen window to keep out the bugs http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/01/living-at-home-interior.html
worldkigo
seaweed in summer agar-agar, funori, kombu (konbu) and more http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/06/seaweed-kaisoo.html
worldkigo
sedge harvest (suge karu) drying sedge (suge hosu) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
seedlings vendor (nae-uri) of vegetables and summer flowers http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/02/seeds-in-spring.html
worldkigo
shirt for summer (natsu shatsu) more SHIRT kigo. Aloha shirts and more http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
shoes, white shoes (shirogutsu) http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/kimono.html
worldkigo
shower, taking a shower (shawaa) http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
silk and cocoons in summer, spinning etc. a . long . KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/08/silk-kinu.html
worldkigo
silk floss is new (shin mawata) picking silk floss, Seidenwatte http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/cotton-wata.html
worldkigo
sitting mat (goza) more MATS used in Japan http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/blinds-bamboo-blind-sudare.html
worldkigo
sitting room in summer (natsu zashiki) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/blinds-bamboo-blind-sudare.html
worldkigo
skiing in summer (natsu sukii) http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/06/mountain-yama.html
worldkigo
sleeping outside (soto-ne) more SLEEP kigo for all seasons http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2007/03/sleepy-in-spring.html
worldkigo
slump in summer (natsugare) more BUSINESS and WORK related kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-begins.html
worldkigo
socks, Tabi socks for summer (natsu tabi) more about TABI socks http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2009/08/socks-and-tabi.html
worldkigo
straw flute (mugiwara bue) straw kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/straw-wara.html
worldkigo
straw hat (mugiwara booshi) more HATS (kasa) for summer http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/05/hat-kasa.html
worldkigo
summer robes, changing to ... (koromogae) thin robes and kimono for summer . a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
summering (hisho) Sommerfrische a KIGO list http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
worldkigo
sunburn (hiyake) and sunscreen (hiyakedome) more SUMMER kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
worldkigo
sunglasses (sangurasu) Sonnenbrille http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
surfing, waterskiing and more things to enjoy on the beach http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/beach.html
worldkigo
sweat (ase) and many related kigo more SWEAT kigo. prickly heat ... http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/07/sweat-ase.html
worldkigo
sweat powder (tenkafun) ase shirazu "without sweat", natural medicine http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-natsu.html
worldkigo
sweat towel (ase nugui, tenugui) more wipers for sweat in summer. a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/07/sweat-ase.html
worldkigo
sweets, wagashi SAIJIKI SUMMER http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
worldkigo
tea ceremony SAIJIKI http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/05/tea-ceremony-saijiki.html
worldkigo
tea ceremony in summer (natsu cha no yu) a KIGO list. morning tea, tea cup for summer ... http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/05/tea-ceremony-saijiki.html
worldkigo
tin pot (suzu no hachi) tin plate (suzu no sara) to make the food look cool http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2010/04/hachi-small-pot.html
worldkigo
trenches cleaning (mizo sarae) weirs and dam cleaning http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/04/well-cleaning-sarashi-i.html
worldkigo
veranda enjoyment in the evening (yuuhashi-i) http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2010/03/evening-yuube-yoi.html
worldkigo
visit after a water damage (mizu mimai) after a typhoon http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/08/typhoon-hurricane.html
worldkigo
washing in the evening (yosusugi ) http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
water fighting (mizuarasoi) during a dry spell a KIGO list. stealing water, supervising the water distribution and more http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
water pistol (mizudeppoo) enjoying the WATER in summer http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/beach.html
worldkigo
water sprinkling (uchimizu) to cool the ground http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/sprinkling-water-uchimizu.html
worldkigo
water vendor (mizu-uri, mizuuri) an important job in Edo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
water warmed by sunshine (hinatamizu) more WATER kigo http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
water wheel treading (suisha fumu) water wheels http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/10/waterwheel.html
worldkigo
watering can (joro) Giesskanne http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/water-mizu.html
worldkigo
waterweeds, water weeds harvest (mo karu) more about MO waterweeds and duckweed http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/ship-boat-fune.html
worldkigo
weeding the fields and paddies (kusatori) a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/farmers-work-in-summer.html
worldkigo
well cleaning (sarashi i, ido zarai) most important in the Edo period http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/04/well-cleaning-sarashi-i.html
worldkigo
wheat and barley (mugi) and its harvest more MUGI kigo http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/barley-wheat.html
worldkigo
wind chime, wind chimes (fuurin) a kigo used in a worldwide context . windchimes. with a comment by Bill Higginson . http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-chimes-fuurin.html
worldkigo
wind chimes (fuurin) all summer http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-chimes-fuurin.html
worldkigo
yukata cotton robe, cotton flannel, silk crepe, hemp robes, a KIGO list http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/summer-robes-natsu-goromo.html
worldkigo
zabuton sitting cushion for summer (natsu zabuton) more CUSHION kigo http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/04/futon-bedding.html
worldkigo
zzz . . . HUMANITY and KIGO . . . . . INTRODUCTION http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/humanity.html
worldkigo
zzz . . . . BACK to World Kigo Database . . . ABC-Index http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/




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12/29/2013

Index from N to R

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

Nail (kugi, kui) Japan
Nail, nails, cutting the fingernails (tsumekiri) Japan
Nairobi Bomb Day (Kenya)
Nairobi Int. Trade Fair (Kenya)

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

Namasu vinegar dressing (namasu) Japan

. Names of persons used in haiku LIST

Namib desert beetle
Nandina (Nanten, Japan)
Nantaisan, Mount Nantai ... and its festival. Japan

Nara, the ancient capital
..... Nara pickles (narazuke) and other tsukemono pickles. Japan

National Day Worldwide
National Holidays of Japan

Nebuta Festival (Nebuta matsuri) Japan. Aomori
Needle, Sewing needle memorial service (hari kuyoo) Japan
Neem blossoms, neem tree, margosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India
..... Nepal, Haiku Information INDIA SAIJIKI
Netherworld, the other world (meido) Japan
Nettle tree (enoki) Chinese hackberry tree. Celtis sinensis var. japonica. Japan
Nettle plants, Nesseln

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

News, Newspaper headlines, Haiku News worldwide

NEW YEAR
SAIJIKI and KIYOSE

...................... inclucing
New Year (shinnen, shin nen) Worldwide
..... First Things done at the New Year . a KIGO list . Japan
..... 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 Decorations (o-kazari) Japan. Kadomatsu, Shimenawa and more
..... 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


Nichiren / Saint Nichiren (1222 - 1282). Japan

. . . Night (yoru) Japan. a KIGO list
Night of Power, Lailatul Qadr / Lailat-Ul-Qadr Yemen
Nightingale, bush warbler (uguisu) Japan
Night school (yogaku, yogakkoo) Japan
Night stories (yobanashi) and diorama toys (tatebanko) 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
Noon, daytime (hiru) a KIGO list

..... North America Saijiki Introduction

Nose (hana) Japan. blowing your nose
November (juuichigatsu) Japan. Worldwide.
Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan

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

Nuts, fruits and seeds of trees (konomi) Japan. KIGO list



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

Oak trees of Japan (Quercus) and acorns (donguri)

October (juugatsu)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Oden hodgepodge stew Japan

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

..... Oklahoma Saijiki

Oktoberfest Germany
Okra (okura) : Abelmoschus esculentus vegetable. Japan
Oleander (kyoochikutoo) Japan. Yemen
Olive, olives (oriibu) 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 Repetition of words

Opera ball (Opernball) Germany, Austria

Oranges, Mandarin Oranges, Tangerines Kenya. Mikan (Japan). Florida (USA)
Orchid, orchids (ran) Japan
Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide
Otter, fishotter (kawauso) Japan
Outdoor activities in Summer Japan
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
Pagoda (too, tou), stone pagoda (sekitoo) Japan
Pain (itami), suffering Japan

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

Palanquin, sedan chair (kago) Japan
Palm Tree Yemen. Royal palm, Kenya.
Palm Sunday Kenya, Europe
Pampas grass (susuki) during the year Japan
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Pantaloons flower (hotarubukuro, hotaru-bukuro Campanula punctata

Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam) India
Papaya fruit. Carica papaya India, Yemen
Paper, "pocket paper" (kaishi) Japan. and more about Japanese paper (washi)
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 (kiri) Japan. P. tomentosa

Peace Festival (heiwa matsuri) Hiroshima Japan. Peace and War Haiku.
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)
Pencil (enpitsu) Japan
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
Peppermint (hakka) Japan
Perfume (koosui), eau-de-Cologne Japan
Perry Festival (Perii sai) Matthew Calbraith Perry in Japan. Black Ships Festival (Kurofune Matsuri)

..... Persia

. Personal Names used in Haiku . LIST

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

Phallus, the male symbol

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
Picknick (pikunikku) and outdoor enjoyment Japan. playing in the mountains
Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)

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

Pilgrimage(henro, junrei)Pilgrims. Japan and worldwide

Pillow (makura) in all seasons Japan
Piment, bell pepper, green pepper, Paprika (piiman) Japan. Capsicum annuum

Pine (matsu, Japan)
..... Pulling Pine Seedlings (komatsu hiki) Japan
Pine mushroom (matsutake) Japan. Kiefernpilz

Pineapple, Ananas comosus Kenya
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. bodhi tree, bodaiju
Pissing, pee, pipi (shooben) Japan and worldwide

..... PLACE NAMES used in Poetry and Haiku (utamakura) Japan and Worldwide
Place names used in KIGO

Plain, plains, wild fields, marsh (nohara, no) Japan

..... PLANTS in all seasons . . . SAIJIKI

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
Plough, hoe (kuwa) 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

. POETS ... Introducint Japanese Haiku Poets  

Poinsettia
Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada
Polar Night Polar Circle

Pomegranate (zakuro). Granatapfel Japan
Pond, small lake (ike) Japan. a KIGO list ... even the OLD POND ...
Pool cage Florida,USA
Poppy flowers (keshi no hana) Japan. Poppy Day.
Portions, large food portions (yamamori, oomori) Japan
Postcard, postcards for the New Year (nengajoo) Japan
Potato, potatoes (jagaimo, jaga imo) Japan. Kenya
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 Flags, prayer flag Tibet, Japan
Praying Mantis, Mantid (Japan) kamakiri,tooroo

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

Presents (seibo, chuugen) in all seasons Japan

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia FamilyYemen, North America

Priest, Buddhist priest or monk (oshoo) Japan
Primula, Japanese primrose (sakura-soo) Japan. Japanese primrose . . .
..... Evening primrose (tsukimisoo) Japan

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

Puddle, puddles Tropical regions, Japan
Pumpkin, squash (kabocha, nankin) Japan. Kürbis
Puppeteer (kairaishi) and performances at New Year Japan. puppets and dolls
Puzzle, a game



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

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

Queen's Day in the Netherlands

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

Quilt coat, bedtime coat (yogi) Japan
Quince (boke) Japan. Yemen. Cydonia oblonga and others. Marumero, Chinese quince (karin)

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


Quran, Qur'an, Koran, Kur'an



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

Rabbit, hare (usagi), snow rabbit (yukiusagi) Japan
Racoon, racoon dog, badger (tanuki) Japan
Radio Day (denpa no hi) Japan
Radish (daikon) Japan. Pickled radish, takuan.
Raft (ikada) rafting timber Japan
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
... Raincoat, straw raincoat (mino) 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. rapeseed harvest and more
Rattan chair (too isu) rattan mats ... Japan

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

Red, the color red (kurenai, akai) Japan. cinnabar, akane . . .
Redcurrants Ireland, Europe. Rote Johannisbeeren
Redwing, Red-wing (Turdus iliacus) North America
Reed cutting (ashikari) Japan
Reed warbler (yoshikiri, gyoogyooshi) Japan

Refrigerator (reizooko) Japan
Reformation Day (Reformationsfest, Germany)
Renku ... linked poetry
Republic Day January 26 (India)
Retreat for monks (ango) Japan. varshika or vassa

Rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi) Japan
Rhode Island USA
Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

Ribbon (ribon) 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. rapids, waterfall ...
River mist Ireland

Road (michi) path, way. Japan
Roadside sanctuaries, wayside shrines (tsujidoo) Japan
Robin, the Bird American Robin (Turdus migratorius) . European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Rock, boulder (iwa) and stones Japan
Roe, fish roe dishes (sujiko and many others) Japan
Rollerskates (India, worldwide) Rollerblades

.. .. .. .. .. 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
Roundness (hito-marume), round things Japan

Rubber plantIreland
Rumpot (Rumtopf) Germany
Running of the Bulls (El Encierro) Spain

. Russia, Russland .

Ryokan Day .. Ryokan-ki, Ryokan Memorial Day (Japan)

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