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Cabbage (hakusai) , broccoli, brussle sprouts, carrots and more winter vegetables
..... Wild cabbage (habotan) Brassica oleracea. Japan
Cactus (saboten) Dry areas
Calabash (hyootan) Kalabasse Japan, Kenya. Lagenaria siceraria
Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics
Calendar and its related KIGO (koyomi, ...goyomi) Japan. Calendar used in daily life.
..... 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
Catfish (namazu) Japan. Wels
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
Cedar (sugi) cryptomeria Japan. Cryptomeria japonica
Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)
Centipede, Millipede (mukade) Japan
Chair (isu) Japan
Chameleon, Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Yemen
Chapati bread, papaad bread India
Cheese Europe, worldwide
Cherry Blossoms (sakura) hanami ... 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
Chicken and cock (niwatori) Japan
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). orphan (minashigo, koji)
..... Chigo (temple acolytes) Japan. Temple Children.
Chill, chill wind worldwide
Chimney Sweeping, chimney sweep, Schornsteinfeger England, Germany
- - - China, haiku in Chinese - - -
Chinese Food, Chuka Ryori Japan
Chinz, calico (sarasa) Japan
Chirping, twittering, warbling of spring birds (saezuri) Japan
Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India
Chocolate (chokoreeto) with many tasts Japan. Schokolade
Cholera (korera) Japan
Chopping board, cutting board, chopping block (manaita, mana-ita) Japan
Chopsticks (hashi) Japan
Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo
Christmas (Japan, Guyana, Europa). Jesus Christ イエス,イエズス,イエス‐キリスト
... Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) Weihnachtskaktus
...Christmas Moon
...Christmas Tree
Christian Celebrations as KIGO
Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)
..... Wild Chrysantheumu (nogiku) Japan
Chrysanthemum Festival (chooyoo, kiku matsuri) Japan
Church, Cathedral, Chapel (Dom) worldwide
Cicada (semi) Japan, other areas
Cider, apple cider (saidaa) Japan, Europe, Australia
Citrus fruit (kankitsurui) in all seasons. Japan
Clam shell, hamaguri, venus clams Japan. Venusmuscheln
Cleaning the home, broom and more Japan
Cleaning in spring, spring cleaning, Osterputz Europa, America
Clear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious sky
Clear and cold winter season (sayuru) Japan. a KIGO list
Cleavers, cleaver weeds (mugura) Galium aparine and others. Japan
Clock (tokei) and Time (jikan) Japan. Uhr und Zeit
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)
Cock and chicken (niwatori) Japan
Cockatoo Australia. Kakadu, Parrot. Lorikeet
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
Coin, coins, money (zeni) Japan Worldwide. Cent, dollar, dime . . .
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) influenza, swine flu, coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide
Computers and Haiku , online as a topic
Conch trumpet plant (horagai soo) Japan. Impatiens textorii. Jewelweed
Confucius, Sekiten, Sekisai, Kooshi, Kung Fu ... Japan
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
Cooking rice (kashigi) Japan. using the hearth fire
Cookie, bisquit and more cakes and sweets Japan
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
Corbicula clams in miso soup (shijimijiru, shijimi jiru) Japan. (Corbicula japonica)
Cormorant Ireland
.... Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan
Corn shucking, corn husking USA. maize, tomorokoshi, Mais
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. wagimoko, my beloved wife
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 (wani) and shark (same) Japan
Crocodile mating season Australia
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Crow, Raven karasu (Japan)
Crucian carp (buna) Japan. Fish fam. Carassius
Cuckoo (kankodori), little cuckoo (hototogisu) Japan
Cucumber (kyuuri) Japan
..... also: see cucumber (namako)
Culture day (bunka no hi), art festival Japan. Culture events in autumn
Curry (karee), Indian curry dishes
. . . CUT and Cut marker (cutting words), kire and kireji ... juxtaposition (toriawase)
Cut glass (kattogurasu, kiriko, biidoro, gyaman) Japan
Cyclamen (shikuramen) Japan. Alpenveilchen
Cypress, Japanese cypress (hinoki) Chamaecyparis obtusa. Japan
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Index from D to J
........................................................... DDD
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
Daikoku, Daikoku Ten, God of Good Luck Japan. and Ebisu, Seven Gods of Good Luck
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
Darkness (yami) dark evening Japan
Daruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazen Flower: Zazensoo) Japan
Daruma market (Daruma ichi) Japan. and more DARUMA KIGO
Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, Japan
Daruma Mikan (Citrus sulcata) Japan
Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen
Dates (Months and Days) used in Haiku
Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa) . DAWN in all seasons
Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki)Japan. mist in the morning, ariake gasumi.
. . . Daytime, noon (hiru) Japan. a KIGO list
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 poem (jisei), farewell poem Japan
Deafness-curing sake (jirooshu)
December
..... December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan
Decorations for the New Year (o-kazari) Japan
Deer (shika) Japan, other areas
Definitions ... ... What is HAIKU ?
Demon's gate (kimon) ... Japan. The NORTH in mythology.
Dentist haiku and toothache teeth, tooth ... and the god of toothache
Derby (daabii), Japan Derby Japan. Horse race
Desert, sand desert Yemen
..... Steppe Mongolia
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
Diarrhoea (mizuatari), dysenterie and more summer diseases
Diary (nikki) Japan. Tosa Nikki
Dice (saikoro) and gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Digitalis, foxglove (jigitarisu, kitsune no tebukuro) Japan. Digitalis purpurea
Dinner, dining, eating ... and more worldwide
Diorama toys (tatebanko) Japan
Disaster, tsunami, earthquake, radiation, meltdown march 11, 2011 Japan
Divali (Diwali, India) Devali, Divalli ...
Diver, divers, ama woman divers (ama) Japan
diving as a hobby (daibingu)
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) Hina dolls - Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Doll Memorial Service (ningyoo kuyoo) Japan
Dolphin (iruka) Japan. Delphin
Donkey (roba). Mule Japan, other regions
Door curtain (noren) Japan. Ladenvorhang
Dragon in Eastern Art and Haiku
Dragon Boat Race (peeron) Peron boat race. Japan
"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
Dropwort (seri) Oenanthe javanica Japanese parsely. Japan
Drought (hideri, Japan)
Drum (taiko, daiko) Japan. Musical instruments.
Drying up of rivers, wells and other water (karu) Japan
Duck (kamo) Japan
Dugong (Dugong dugon) Tropical seas. Manatee
Dumplings of all kinds and all seasons (dango) Japan. Mitarashi dango
Dussera, Dasara, Dassera, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Dust (Swahili : tifutifu) Kenya. hokori, Japan. Sandstorm
Dysentery (sekiri) Japan
........................................................... EEE
Eagle (washi) Adler ..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Ear, ears (mimi) Ohren Japan
. . . EARTH SAIJIKI ... all kigo of this category Japan
Earth Day Worldwide
Earth Hour Worldwide
Earthquake (jishin) Japan, India, worldwide
Earthware pan (hooroku) Japan
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku) Japan. Earthworm and mole cricket
Earwig (hasamimushi) Ohrwurm 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
Eboshi, formal headwear and seafood kigo Japan
Echigo Province Japan
Eclipse (gesshoku) Japan. Worldwide.
Edelweiss Mongolia, Japan : Leontopodium japonicum
Edible blossoms, edible flowers (shokuyoo no hana) Japan
Edo, The City That Became TokyoJapan
..... Edo and Kyoto, Capitals of Japan
Blossom capital (hana no miyako)
Eel (unagi) Japan.
Egg, eggs (tamago) Japan
Eggplant, aubergine (nasu) (Japan. Eggplant Horse decorations (nasu uma) for o-Bon.
Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan
EgyptNorth Africa
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)
Elevator, escalator Japan
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
Enlightenment, Zen and Haiku
Enviroku : Haiku and Senryu about the environment
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities
........ ......................................... Erika Schwalm, - In Memoriam
Eros Day Cupid, Aphrodite, Amor, Sex
Eta and Burakumin the "Untouchables" of Japan
Eucalyptus tree Fam. Myrtaceae. Kenya, Australia. Gum tree, blue gum tree.
Europe Day
..... EUROPA Saijiki Europe Saijiki
. . . Evening (yuube, yoi) Japan. a KIGO list
Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening rain shower (yuudachi) Japan
Evening Snow - Linanthus dichotomus North America
Examination for school or university (nyuugaku shiken) Japan
Exams, school exams Kenya
Excursion (ensoku) Japan
Exchanging auspicious things . . Festivals
........................................................... FFF
... 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
Family Day Canada, worldwide
Famine in spring (shunkyuu) Famine in Japanese History
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Farmers work in all seasons Japan
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan
Father and Father's Day (chichi no hi)Japan, worldwide
Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia
Feather, feathers Japan. Mongolia
February
Fences and hedges (kaki, hei, kakoi, saku) Japan. Kenya.
Feng Shui and the four directions Chinese Geomancy
Fennel (uikyoo) Japan. Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel
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. fields tended by the farmers
Field, wild fields, plains, moor (nohara, no) Japan. withered fields
Field cricket, Gryllus campestris Europe. Feldgrille
Fig, Figs, Ficus carica (ichijiku) Japan, Turkey
Finch, finches in all seasons
Fine weather, fine day (hare, -biyori) in all seasons Japan
Finnish sauna Finnland
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
.. .. .. .. .. Fishing during all seasons (ryoo) KIGO list
.. .. .. .. .. ..... FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI
..... Fish from Russia
..... Fish Market Philippines. Also FISH from the Philippines.
Flag (hata), prayer flag Japan
Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Flamingo Yemen
Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami)Flea market (boroichi, boro ichi) Japan
Flood (koozui, aki demizu) .. Japan. Floods, flooding.
Flounder, sole (karei) as food. Japan
. . . . . Flower, blossom, bloom - translating "hana" ... Blume, Blüte.
. . . and hana, the cherry blossoms.
Flowers of AUTUMN
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
Foehn wind (feen) Japan. Föhn; Föhnwind
.. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more
Folding screen, first use (hatsubyoobu) Japan
Food from India
Food from Japan - WASHOKU SAIJIKI ... also : Sweets from Japan (wagashi)
Forest (mori, hayashi) Japan. Wald.
Forest work in all seasons ... planting, woodcutting, charcoal making ... 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
Fourth of July USA
Fox (kitsune) Japan
... including Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)
Fragrance bag, sache (nioibukuro) Japan. Duftbeutel
FRANCE , French Haiku
Frangipani, PlumeriaKenya, Australia, India
Freedom ... ... and the English haiku "rules"
Freesia (fureejia) Freesien Japan, Europe
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more
Friday the 13th
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 (kudamono) in all seasons Apple, nashi, pear, loquat, cherries, plum, persimmon, pomegranete and many more
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
Funeral (sooshiki, soogi) Japan
Furoshiki, cotton wrapper cloth
Futon bedding in all seasonsJapan
........................................................... GGG
Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Galley worm, house centipede (gejigeji) Japan
Gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Games and Toys for all seasons 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 ...
Gardenia (kuchinashi) Japan. Gardenia jasminoides
Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan
Gate (mon, kado) Japan. Temple gate (sanmon)
Geminid Meteor Shower
GENDAI ... Modern Haiku an introduction
Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan
Genroku Period Haikai Poets ... Introduction
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
Gentian (rindoo, sasarindoo) Gentiana scabra Japan. Yemen
..... Gentian, Japanese green gentian (senburi, tooyaku) Japan. Swertia japonica
Gerbera (gaabera) Japan, UK
.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose
Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan. Straw sandals (zoori)
Geta for rice planting (ta-geta)
..... 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)
Gion Festival (Gion matsuri) Kyoto, Japan
Girl Scout Cookies USA
Global warming, climate changes and related topics. Enviroku : environmental haiku
Glove, gloves (tebukuro) Handschuh Japan
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
Goldfish (kingyo) 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
Graffitti, Graffiti, Grafitti Worldwide
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
Grass, grasses Kenya. Papyrus, Napier grass, African star grass, couch grass
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
Greenhouse plants, hothouse plants Japan
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
Guitar (Gitarre, gitaa) Worldwide
Gull, gulls in all seasons
Gumboots, rubber boots, Wellington boots Kenya. all kinds of boot and boots
Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan) . Master's Day. Caricom Day.
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan
..... GUYANA SAIJIKI
........................................................... HHH
Haboob, sandstorm Arizona, USA
Hachiman Deity and Hachiman Shrine festivals Japan
Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets . worldwide
. Haiga 俳画 shahai 写俳 . Haiku with drawing or photo
Haiku meeting (kukai) Japan. First haiku meeting, a New Year KIGO list
Haiku Day (haiku no hi) August 19 Japan.
including haiku about "haiku", "hokku" and "kigo"
Haiku Sweets (haika) Japan. Sweets and snacks named after famous haiku !
Hair (kami) Japan. combing the hair, washing the hair
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)
Hangover (futsukayoi) Japan. Kater
Happiness, bliss (shiawase) Japan
..... 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
Hearth (kamado) in the kitchen (daidokoro) Japan
. . . irori 囲炉裏 open sunken hearth
Heat (atsusa), hot (atsushi) Hot summer, sweltering heat ...
Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan. Mirage (shinkiroo) and more.
Heather, Erika Europa.
. . . HEAVEN - - - the Complete SAIJIKI Japan
Hedgehog (Igel) Germany, Europe
Helen Keller
Helipterum roseum (hanakanzashi) Japan. Pink and White Everlasting.
Hemp, flax (asa, ooasa, taima) Japan
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
Hibernating animals Japan
Hieizan, Mount Hiei, Kyoto Japan
Higashiyama Culture and Haiku Japan
Higgs boson or Higgs particle
Himalaya Mountains, India
Hinoki cypress and Asunaro Hinoki Japan
Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
Hickory Nuts (Carya Fruits) North America
- Hokku and Haikai - Theory
Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai and Haiga Japan
Hole (ana) and hibernating animals Japan
Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.
Holland (Oranda) Netherlands the Dutch Delegation in Edo. Japan
Holly Tree
Hollyhock, mallow (aoi) Japan. Alcea rosea #hollycock
Holocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau Day
Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities
Home, house - during all seasons
Sliding doors, furniture, curtains, heating, lamp light ... Japan. KIGO LIST
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland
Honey (hachimitsu) worldwide. Honey wine, mead
Honey Spas Russia. Also Apple Spas, Linen Spas. Honey Saviour.
Honeysuckle (nindoo, suikazura) Lonicera japonica
Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Wiedehopf India
Hop, hops, Hopfen (hoppu) Japan. and delicious beer
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 race (kurabe uma) Japan. and Derby (daabii)
Horse Chestnut (tochi). Kastanie Japan. Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse mackerel (aji) Japan. Trachurus japonicus and more
Horsetail fern, scouring rush (tokusa) Japan. Equisetum hyemale
Hospital stay, hospital bed
.. .. .. 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
Hut,thatched hut, hermitage (iori, an) Japan
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas
Hyakunin isshu (百人一首) Ogura 100 poems, 100 poets
Hydrangea (ajisai) Japan. Hortensia.
..... - Hortensia Anderson (1969 - 22 May 2012) -
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I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan
Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
Ice cream (aisu) soft cream, ice candy ... shaved ice flakes with flavor
Ice cubes, iced drinks
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 common cold and more . Japan
..... Imagination in Haiku ... Theory
Important things (daiji) Japan
Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)
Independence Day worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)
..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI
Indian Food (India)
Indian Summer koharubi Japan
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) North America
Indigo (ai) Japan . Polygonum tinctorum. Indigofera
. . . INDONESIA SAIJIKI
Inkstone (suzuri) and related KIGO Japan
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
Ippen memorial day, saint Ippen Japan. the weeping willow tree
..... ..... IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI
Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata
..... Iris, bearded Iris (Iris albicans) Yemen
Ise Shrine (Ise Jingu) and its KIGO Japan
Ishiyamadera, a temple and fireflies (ishiyamabotaru) Japan
Islamic Holidays, Muslim Holidays
.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words
Ivy and vines (tsuta kazura) Japan. All kinds of creepers
........................................................... 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)
Jellyfish, medusa (kurage) Japan
Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food
Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) Jizô bosatsu, Japan
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
John the apostle, Johannes Day (yohane no hi) Japan
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
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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
Daikoku, Daikoku Ten, God of Good Luck Japan. and Ebisu, Seven Gods of Good Luck
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
Darkness (yami) dark evening Japan
Daruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazen Flower: Zazensoo) Japan
Daruma market (Daruma ichi) Japan. and more DARUMA KIGO
Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, Japan
Daruma Mikan (Citrus sulcata) Japan
Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen
Dates (Months and Days) used in Haiku
Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa) . DAWN in all seasons
Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki)Japan. mist in the morning, ariake gasumi.
. . . Daytime, noon (hiru) Japan. a KIGO list
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 poem (jisei), farewell poem Japan
Deafness-curing sake (jirooshu)
December
..... December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan
Decorations for the New Year (o-kazari) Japan
Deer (shika) Japan, other areas
Definitions ... ... What is HAIKU ?
Demon's gate (kimon) ... Japan. The NORTH in mythology.
Dentist haiku and toothache teeth, tooth ... and the god of toothache
Derby (daabii), Japan Derby Japan. Horse race
Desert, sand desert Yemen
..... Steppe Mongolia
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
Diarrhoea (mizuatari), dysenterie and more summer diseases
Diary (nikki) Japan. Tosa Nikki
Dice (saikoro) and gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Digitalis, foxglove (jigitarisu, kitsune no tebukuro) Japan. Digitalis purpurea
Dinner, dining, eating ... and more worldwide
Diorama toys (tatebanko) Japan
Disaster, tsunami, earthquake, radiation, meltdown march 11, 2011 Japan
Divali (Diwali, India) Devali, Divalli ...
Diver, divers, ama woman divers (ama) Japan
diving as a hobby (daibingu)
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) Hina dolls - Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Doll Memorial Service (ningyoo kuyoo) Japan
Dolphin (iruka) Japan. Delphin
Donkey (roba). Mule Japan, other regions
Door curtain (noren) Japan. Ladenvorhang
Dragon in Eastern Art and Haiku
Dragon Boat Race (peeron) Peron boat race. Japan
"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
Dropwort (seri) Oenanthe javanica Japanese parsely. Japan
Drought (hideri, Japan)
Drum (taiko, daiko) Japan. Musical instruments.
Drying up of rivers, wells and other water (karu) Japan
Duck (kamo) Japan
Dugong (Dugong dugon) Tropical seas. Manatee
Dumplings of all kinds and all seasons (dango) Japan. Mitarashi dango
Dussera, Dasara, Dassera, Dussehra: Day Of Victory India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities
Dust (Swahili : tifutifu) Kenya. hokori, Japan. Sandstorm
Dysentery (sekiri) Japan
........................................................... EEE
Eagle (washi) Adler ..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Ear, ears (mimi) Ohren Japan
. . . EARTH SAIJIKI ... all kigo of this category Japan
Earth Day Worldwide
Earth Hour Worldwide
Earthquake (jishin) Japan, India, worldwide
Earthware pan (hooroku) Japan
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku) Japan. Earthworm and mole cricket
Earwig (hasamimushi) Ohrwurm 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
Eboshi, formal headwear and seafood kigo Japan
Echigo Province Japan
Eclipse (gesshoku) Japan. Worldwide.
Edelweiss Mongolia, Japan : Leontopodium japonicum
Edible blossoms, edible flowers (shokuyoo no hana) Japan
Edo, The City That Became TokyoJapan
..... Edo and Kyoto, Capitals of Japan
Blossom capital (hana no miyako)
Eel (unagi) Japan.
Egg, eggs (tamago) Japan
Eggplant, aubergine (nasu) (Japan. Eggplant Horse decorations (nasu uma) for o-Bon.
Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan
EgyptNorth Africa
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)
Elevator, escalator Japan
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
Enlightenment, Zen and Haiku
Enviroku : Haiku and Senryu about the environment
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities
........ ......................................... Erika Schwalm, - In Memoriam
Eros Day Cupid, Aphrodite, Amor, Sex
Eta and Burakumin the "Untouchables" of Japan
Eucalyptus tree Fam. Myrtaceae. Kenya, Australia. Gum tree, blue gum tree.
Europe Day
..... EUROPA Saijiki Europe Saijiki
. . . Evening (yuube, yoi) Japan. a KIGO list
Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening rain shower (yuudachi) Japan
Evening Snow - Linanthus dichotomus North America
Examination for school or university (nyuugaku shiken) Japan
Exams, school exams Kenya
Excursion (ensoku) Japan
Exchanging auspicious things . . Festivals
........................................................... FFF
... 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
Family Day Canada, worldwide
Famine in spring (shunkyuu) Famine in Japanese History
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Farmers work in all seasons Japan
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan
Father and Father's Day (chichi no hi)Japan, worldwide
Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia
Feather, feathers Japan. Mongolia
February
Fences and hedges (kaki, hei, kakoi, saku) Japan. Kenya.
Feng Shui and the four directions Chinese Geomancy
Fennel (uikyoo) Japan. Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel
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. fields tended by the farmers
Field, wild fields, plains, moor (nohara, no) Japan. withered fields
Field cricket, Gryllus campestris Europe. Feldgrille
Fig, Figs, Ficus carica (ichijiku) Japan, Turkey
Finch, finches in all seasons
Fine weather, fine day (hare, -biyori) in all seasons Japan
Finnish sauna Finnland
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
.. .. .. .. .. Fishing during all seasons (ryoo) KIGO list
.. .. .. .. .. ..... FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI
..... Fish from Russia
..... Fish Market Philippines. Also FISH from the Philippines.
Flag (hata), prayer flag Japan
Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Flamingo Yemen
Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami)Flea market (boroichi, boro ichi) Japan
Flood (koozui, aki demizu) .. Japan. Floods, flooding.
Flounder, sole (karei) as food. Japan
. . . . . Flower, blossom, bloom - translating "hana" ... Blume, Blüte.
. . . and hana, the cherry blossoms.
Flowers of AUTUMN
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
Foehn wind (feen) Japan. Föhn; Föhnwind
.. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more
Folding screen, first use (hatsubyoobu) Japan
Food from India
Food from Japan - WASHOKU SAIJIKI ... also : Sweets from Japan (wagashi)
Forest (mori, hayashi) Japan. Wald.
Forest work in all seasons ... planting, woodcutting, charcoal making ... 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
Fourth of July USA
Fox (kitsune) Japan
... including Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)
Fragrance bag, sache (nioibukuro) Japan. Duftbeutel
FRANCE , French Haiku
Frangipani, PlumeriaKenya, Australia, India
Freedom ... ... and the English haiku "rules"
Freesia (fureejia) Freesien Japan, Europe
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more
Friday the 13th
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 (kudamono) in all seasons Apple, nashi, pear, loquat, cherries, plum, persimmon, pomegranete and many more
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
Funeral (sooshiki, soogi) Japan
Furoshiki, cotton wrapper cloth
Futon bedding in all seasonsJapan
........................................................... GGG
Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Galley worm, house centipede (gejigeji) Japan
Gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Games and Toys for all seasons 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 ...
Gardenia (kuchinashi) Japan. Gardenia jasminoides
Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan
Gate (mon, kado) Japan. Temple gate (sanmon)
Geminid Meteor Shower
GENDAI ... Modern Haiku an introduction
Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan
Genroku Period Haikai Poets ... Introduction
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
Gentian (rindoo, sasarindoo) Gentiana scabra Japan. Yemen
..... Gentian, Japanese green gentian (senburi, tooyaku) Japan. Swertia japonica
Gerbera (gaabera) Japan, UK
.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose
Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan. Straw sandals (zoori)
Geta for rice planting (ta-geta)
..... 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)
Gion Festival (Gion matsuri) Kyoto, Japan
Girl Scout Cookies USA
Global warming, climate changes and related topics. Enviroku : environmental haiku
Glove, gloves (tebukuro) Handschuh Japan
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
Goldfish (kingyo) 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
Graffitti, Graffiti, Grafitti Worldwide
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
Grass, grasses Kenya. Papyrus, Napier grass, African star grass, couch grass
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
Greenhouse plants, hothouse plants Japan
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
Guitar (Gitarre, gitaa) Worldwide
Gull, gulls in all seasons
Gumboots, rubber boots, Wellington boots Kenya. all kinds of boot and boots
Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan) . Master's Day. Caricom Day.
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan
..... GUYANA SAIJIKI
........................................................... HHH
Haboob, sandstorm Arizona, USA
Hachiman Deity and Hachiman Shrine festivals Japan
Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets . worldwide
. Haiga 俳画 shahai 写俳 . Haiku with drawing or photo
Haiku meeting (kukai) Japan. First haiku meeting, a New Year KIGO list
Haiku Day (haiku no hi) August 19 Japan.
including haiku about "haiku", "hokku" and "kigo"
Haiku Sweets (haika) Japan. Sweets and snacks named after famous haiku !
Hair (kami) Japan. combing the hair, washing the hair
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)
Hangover (futsukayoi) Japan. Kater
Happiness, bliss (shiawase) Japan
..... 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
Hearth (kamado) in the kitchen (daidokoro) Japan
. . . irori 囲炉裏 open sunken hearth
Heat (atsusa), hot (atsushi) Hot summer, sweltering heat ...
Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan. Mirage (shinkiroo) and more.
Heather, Erika Europa.
. . . HEAVEN - - - the Complete SAIJIKI Japan
Hedgehog (Igel) Germany, Europe
Helen Keller
Helipterum roseum (hanakanzashi) Japan. Pink and White Everlasting.
Hemp, flax (asa, ooasa, taima) Japan
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
Hibernating animals Japan
Hieizan, Mount Hiei, Kyoto Japan
Higashiyama Culture and Haiku Japan
Higgs boson or Higgs particle
Himalaya Mountains, India
Hinoki cypress and Asunaro Hinoki Japan
Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
Hickory Nuts (Carya Fruits) North America
- Hokku and Haikai - Theory
Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai and Haiga Japan
Hole (ana) and hibernating animals Japan
Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.
Holland (Oranda) Netherlands the Dutch Delegation in Edo. Japan
Holly Tree
Hollyhock, mallow (aoi) Japan. Alcea rosea #hollycock
Holocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau Day
Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities
Home, house - during all seasons
Sliding doors, furniture, curtains, heating, lamp light ... Japan. KIGO LIST
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland
Honey (hachimitsu) worldwide. Honey wine, mead
Honey Spas Russia. Also Apple Spas, Linen Spas. Honey Saviour.
Honeysuckle (nindoo, suikazura) Lonicera japonica
Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Wiedehopf India
Hop, hops, Hopfen (hoppu) Japan. and delicious beer
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 race (kurabe uma) Japan. and Derby (daabii)
Horse Chestnut (tochi). Kastanie Japan. Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse mackerel (aji) Japan. Trachurus japonicus and more
Horsetail fern, scouring rush (tokusa) Japan. Equisetum hyemale
Hospital stay, hospital bed
.. .. .. 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
Hut,thatched hut, hermitage (iori, an) Japan
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas
Hyakunin isshu (百人一首) Ogura 100 poems, 100 poets
Hydrangea (ajisai) Japan. Hortensia.
..... - Hortensia Anderson (1969 - 22 May 2012) -
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I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan
Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
Ice cream (aisu) soft cream, ice candy ... shaved ice flakes with flavor
Ice cubes, iced drinks
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 common cold and more . Japan
..... Imagination in Haiku ... Theory
Important things (daiji) Japan
Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)
Independence Day worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)
..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI
Indian Food (India)
Indian Summer koharubi Japan
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) North America
Indigo (ai) Japan . Polygonum tinctorum. Indigofera
. . . INDONESIA SAIJIKI
Inkstone (suzuri) and related KIGO Japan
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
Ippen memorial day, saint Ippen Japan. the weeping willow tree
..... ..... IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI
Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata
..... Iris, bearded Iris (Iris albicans) Yemen
Ise Shrine (Ise Jingu) and its KIGO Japan
Ishiyamadera, a temple and fireflies (ishiyamabotaru) Japan
Islamic Holidays, Muslim Holidays
.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words
Ivy and vines (tsuta kazura) Japan. All kinds of creepers
........................................................... 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)
Jellyfish, medusa (kurage) Japan
Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food
Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) Jizô bosatsu, Japan
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
John the apostle, Johannes Day (yohane no hi) Japan
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
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Kabuki TheaterJapan. also : Kyogen (kyoogen)
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Kaguyahime Princess and the Tale of the bamboo cutter (taketori monogatari)
Kale, kales, cabbage (sukumawiki) Kenya
... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan
Kamehameha Day Hawaii
Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan
Kannon Bosatsu, Kanzeon, Avalokiteshvara Japan. Guan-yin Bodhisattva
Kappa Memorial Day Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Gaki Memorial Day.
Karma, fate
.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki
Kettle, tea kettle (kama, chagama, tetsubin) Japan. Water kettle, water pot.
keyaki 欅 Zelkova tree
..... ..... - Keywords, non-seasonal topics / LIST
Khadi handspun cotton (India)
Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen
"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics
- - - - - . Kigo Calendar - the 12 Months .
Kimigayo, the Japanese Anthem
..... Kimono, Traditional Japanese Robes A kigo list
Kindergarden, Kindergarten begins (nyuuen) Japan
Kingfisher bird (kawasemi) Japan. Eisvogel
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
Knotweed (tade), sorrel, sour dock (suiba) Japan.
Koan and Haiku
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)
Koto, Japanese zither instrument Japan
Kumade and O-Kame san, Hyottoko, O-Tafuku san Japan
Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan
Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela FestivalIndia
Kung Fu, martial arts Kenya
Kyogen (kyoogen) traditional performances Japan
Kyoto, Hana no Miyako Japan. The old capital of Heiankyo.
........................................................... LLL
Labour Day, USA Labor Day
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. "demon lantern", Chinese lantern
Lapwing (keri) Japan. family Charadriidae
Laquer tree (urushi no ki) Rhus verniciflua Japan. "Sun spurge" Euphorbia helioscopia, "swamp laquer"
Lark, skylark (hibari) - Lerche Japan. meadowlark (USA)
Last Ceremonies of the year (Japan)
Last Day of the Year (oomisoka) Japan. Rituals, ceremonies . . .
..... 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
Laurel (aoki) Aucuba japonica
Lavender (rabendaa) Japan
Lawn, grass, turf (shiba) ... and related kigo
Leather (kawa) leather haori jacket ...
Leaf, leaves (ha, happa) ... and related kigo during all seasons
..... Leaf Watching (momijigari) Japan
Leech (hiru) Blutegel Japan
Leap year, leap day (uroobi, junjitsu) February 29. Schaltjahr, Schalttag
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
Lesson, practise, rehearsal (keikoo) Japan. Art forms and their study.
Liatris - Blazing-Star North America
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
Lilac (Flieder) Syringa fam. Germany. Japan (rairakku)
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)
Lip, lips (kuchibiru) Japan, Kenya
Lipstick made in the cold (kanbeni, ushibeni) and Japanese Edo culture about RED
Lizard, lizzard Gekko
Loach (dojoo) Japan. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. fish and food
Lobster (ebi, Ise-ebi) Japan
Lodging, inn, guest house (hatago) Japan
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 letter (kesoobumi) Japan
Love-Bug (Southern US)
Luggage (nimotsu, koori) Japan
Lupinus, lupins, lupines, Lupinie Fam. Fabaceae. Texas bluebonnet
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Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Mackerel (saba) Japan. Scomber japonicus
Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo, sabagumo) Japan
Maggot (uji, ujimushi) Japan
Magnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan)
Magpie (kasasagi) (Pica Pica) Japan. Magpie-Robin, India
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
Manta ray, stingray (aka ei) Japan. Philippines
Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan
. Manyooshuu 万葉集 Manyoshu, Manyo'shu poetry collection .
Maple leaves, red autumn leaves (momiji) Japan, other regions
Maple Syrup North America
Marathon Kenya, worldwide. Marathon Runner. Paralympics, special olympics.
March
Marigold (kinsenka) Calendula officinalis. Japan. Tagetes
Marine Day, Ocean Day, Sea Day (umi no hi) Japan
Market, markets (... ichi) flea markets, sales, worldwide
Martisor (Amulet) (Romania)
Matonge Festival Belgium. (Fête du Quartier Matonge, Brussels)
Matsushima 松島Japan
Masaoka Shiki Memorial Day (Shiki ki) Japan. hechima ki, dassai ki
Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki Japan
Mawashi, Sumo Belt Japan
May (gogatsu) worldwide
"May Day" in England (mee dii) Japan. International Workers' Day
Meadowsweet Ireland
Measles (mashin) Japan
Measuring box or cup (masu) Japan
..... 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
Memorial Day Decoration Day. USA.
Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA
Metaphors and Similes used in Haiku
Michaelmas and Michaelmas Daisy Europe
Migrating Birds (wataridori) (Japan)
Mildew, mold (kabi) Japan
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines
Milkweed (toowata) Asclepias, アスクレピアス
Millet (awa, hie) Japan
Minaret - tower of a mosque Worldwide
minnows or fry (moroko) small carp
Mirin (sweet sake for cooking) Japan
Mirror and mirror stand (kagami, kagamidai) Japan
Miso paste Japan
Missing Children's Day International
Miso paste and related kigo Japan
Mistletoe (yadogiri) Japan
Mockingbird (mokkingu baado) North America
Mole (mogura) Maulwurf Japan
Mole cricket (kera) Japan. Europe. Gryllotalpa orientalis. Maulwurfsgrille
Momotaro, the Peach Boy Japan
. MONGOLIA SAIJIKI .
Monkey, Hanuman, Langur (India) saru (Japan)
Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)
.. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..
..... Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai) India
Moonflower (yorugao) Calonyction aculeatum Japan. Ipomea alba
Moorhen (ban) Japan.
. . . Morning (asa) Japan. a KIGO list
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) mosquito coil (katori senko), mosquito net (kaya) and many more
..... 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
Mowing (kusakari) cutting grass Japan
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)
Mullet (bora) fish . Mugil cephalus Japan
Mummy, mummies (miira, sokushinbutsu) Japan
Murasaki Shikibu Japan . The color MURASAKI
Museum Haiku about Paintings
Mushrooms (kinoko, Japan ki no ko, take
. . . Music and Haiku - Introduction
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Mustard plant and mustard (karashina / karashi) Japan
Mustard greens, Senfkraut (takana)
My country, my province (waga kuni, wagakuni) Japan
Myoga Ginger (myooga) Japan. Zingi-Ingwer
Myoga Ginger Festival
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) Yemen
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Contents from K to M
Contents from N to R
Contents of S
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Kabuki TheaterJapan. also : Kyogen (kyoogen)
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Kaguyahime Princess and the Tale of the bamboo cutter (taketori monogatari)
Kale, kales, cabbage (sukumawiki) Kenya
... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan
Kamehameha Day Hawaii
Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan
Kannon Bosatsu, Kanzeon, Avalokiteshvara Japan. Guan-yin Bodhisattva
Kappa Memorial Day Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Gaki Memorial Day.
Karma, fate
.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki
Kettle, tea kettle (kama, chagama, tetsubin) Japan. Water kettle, water pot.
keyaki 欅 Zelkova tree
..... ..... - Keywords, non-seasonal topics / LIST
Khadi handspun cotton (India)
Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen
"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics
- - - - - . Kigo Calendar - the 12 Months .
Kimigayo, the Japanese Anthem
..... Kimono, Traditional Japanese Robes A kigo list
Kindergarden, Kindergarten begins (nyuuen) Japan
Kingfisher bird (kawasemi) Japan. Eisvogel
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
Knotweed (tade), sorrel, sour dock (suiba) Japan.
Koan and Haiku
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)
Koto, Japanese zither instrument Japan
Kumade and O-Kame san, Hyottoko, O-Tafuku san Japan
Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan
Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela FestivalIndia
Kung Fu, martial arts Kenya
Kyogen (kyoogen) traditional performances Japan
Kyoto, Hana no Miyako Japan. The old capital of Heiankyo.
........................................................... LLL
Labour Day, USA Labor Day
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. "demon lantern", Chinese lantern
Lapwing (keri) Japan. family Charadriidae
Laquer tree (urushi no ki) Rhus verniciflua Japan. "Sun spurge" Euphorbia helioscopia, "swamp laquer"
Lark, skylark (hibari) - Lerche Japan. meadowlark (USA)
Last Ceremonies of the year (Japan)
Last Day of the Year (oomisoka) Japan. Rituals, ceremonies . . .
..... 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
Laurel (aoki) Aucuba japonica
Lavender (rabendaa) Japan
Lawn, grass, turf (shiba) ... and related kigo
Leather (kawa) leather haori jacket ...
Leaf, leaves (ha, happa) ... and related kigo during all seasons
..... Leaf Watching (momijigari) Japan
Leech (hiru) Blutegel Japan
Leap year, leap day (uroobi, junjitsu) February 29. Schaltjahr, Schalttag
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
Lesson, practise, rehearsal (keikoo) Japan. Art forms and their study.
Liatris - Blazing-Star North America
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
Lilac (Flieder) Syringa fam. Germany. Japan (rairakku)
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)
Lip, lips (kuchibiru) Japan, Kenya
Lipstick made in the cold (kanbeni, ushibeni) and Japanese Edo culture about RED
Lizard, lizzard Gekko
Loach (dojoo) Japan. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. fish and food
Lobster (ebi, Ise-ebi) Japan
Lodging, inn, guest house (hatago) Japan
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 letter (kesoobumi) Japan
Love-Bug (Southern US)
Luggage (nimotsu, koori) Japan
Lupinus, lupins, lupines, Lupinie Fam. Fabaceae. Texas bluebonnet
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Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Mackerel (saba) Japan. Scomber japonicus
Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo, sabagumo) Japan
Maggot (uji, ujimushi) Japan
Magnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan)
Magpie (kasasagi) (Pica Pica) Japan. Magpie-Robin, India
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
Manta ray, stingray (aka ei) Japan. Philippines
Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan
. Manyooshuu 万葉集 Manyoshu, Manyo'shu poetry collection .
Maple leaves, red autumn leaves (momiji) Japan, other regions
Maple Syrup North America
Marathon Kenya, worldwide. Marathon Runner. Paralympics, special olympics.
March
Marigold (kinsenka) Calendula officinalis. Japan. Tagetes
Marine Day, Ocean Day, Sea Day (umi no hi) Japan
Market, markets (... ichi) flea markets, sales, worldwide
Martisor (Amulet) (Romania)
Matonge Festival Belgium. (Fête du Quartier Matonge, Brussels)
Matsushima 松島Japan
Masaoka Shiki Memorial Day (Shiki ki) Japan. hechima ki, dassai ki
Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki Japan
Mawashi, Sumo Belt Japan
May (gogatsu) worldwide
"May Day" in England (mee dii) Japan. International Workers' Day
Meadowsweet Ireland
Measles (mashin) Japan
Measuring box or cup (masu) Japan
..... 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
Memorial Day Decoration Day. USA.
Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA
Metaphors and Similes used in Haiku
Michaelmas and Michaelmas Daisy Europe
Migrating Birds (wataridori) (Japan)
Mildew, mold (kabi) Japan
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines
Milkweed (toowata) Asclepias, アスクレピアス
Millet (awa, hie) Japan
Minaret - tower of a mosque Worldwide
minnows or fry (moroko) small carp
Mirin (sweet sake for cooking) Japan
Mirror and mirror stand (kagami, kagamidai) Japan
Miso paste Japan
Missing Children's Day International
Miso paste and related kigo Japan
Mistletoe (yadogiri) Japan
Mockingbird (mokkingu baado) North America
Mole (mogura) Maulwurf Japan
Mole cricket (kera) Japan. Europe. Gryllotalpa orientalis. Maulwurfsgrille
Momotaro, the Peach Boy Japan
. MONGOLIA SAIJIKI .
Monkey, Hanuman, Langur (India) saru (Japan)
Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)
.. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..
..... Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai) India
Moonflower (yorugao) Calonyction aculeatum Japan. Ipomea alba
Moorhen (ban) Japan.
. . . Morning (asa) Japan. a KIGO list
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) mosquito coil (katori senko), mosquito net (kaya) and many more
..... 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
Mowing (kusakari) cutting grass Japan
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)
Mullet (bora) fish . Mugil cephalus Japan
Mummy, mummies (miira, sokushinbutsu) Japan
Murasaki Shikibu Japan . The color MURASAKI
Museum Haiku about Paintings
Mushrooms (kinoko, Japan ki no ko, take
. . . Music and Haiku - Introduction
- The Music of India - Introduction -
Mustard plant and mustard (karashina / karashi) Japan
Mustard greens, Senfkraut (takana)
My country, my province (waga kuni, wagakuni) Japan
Myoga Ginger (myooga) Japan. Zingi-Ingwer
Myoga Ginger Festival
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) Yemen
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