Gomei – April
4 卯月
銘・季語 Words for the Month
磯遊び | いそあそび | iso-asobi | playing on the beach |
遅桜 | おそざくら | osozakura | late-blooming cherry blossom |
海士 | かいし | kaishi | a mirage |
香具山 | かぐやま | kaguyama | Mt. Kagu (in Nara) |
亀鳴く | かめなく | kame naku | turtle’s hiss |
雉笛 | きじぶえ | kijibue | luring whistle |
胡蝶 | こちょう | kochou | a butterfly |
胡蝶の夢 | こちょうのゆめ | kochou no yume | a dream of butterfly |
彩雲 | さいうん | saiun | coloured cloud |
桜狩 | さくらがり | sakura-gari | cherry blossom viewing |
十三詣 | じゅうさんまいり | juusan mairi | visit to shrine to celebrate 13th birthday |
春眠 | しゅんみん | shunmin | sleep in spring |
春雷 | しゅんらい | shunrai | thunder in spring |
雀の子 * 福良雀 | すずめのこ * ふくらすずめ | suzume no ko * fukurasuzume | young sparrow * fat young sparrow |
惜春 | せきしゅん | sekishun | lingering spring |
菜種梅雨 | なたねつゆ | natane-tsuyu | rain in spring (when rape is in flower) |
花明 | はなあかり | hana-akari | blossoms in full bloom |
花籠 | はなかご | hanakago | a flower basket |
花衣 | はなごろも | hanagoromo | clothed with blossom |
花の雫 | はなのしずく | hana no shizuku | dews from blossom |
花吹雪 | はなふぶき | hana-fubuki | a flurry of falling blossom |
春疾風 | はるはやて | haru-hayate | a seasonal wind in spring |
日永 | ひなが | hinaga | long day in spring |
藤浪 | ふじなみ | fujinami | billowing wisteria |
松の花 | まつのはな | matsu no hana | the flower of pine |
目借時 | めかりどき | mekari-doki | sleepy night in spring |
芽柳 | めやなぎ | meyanagi | a budding willow |
夢見月 | ゆめみづき | yumemi-zuki | a dreamy month1 |
忘れ霜 | わすれじも | wasurejimo | frost in late spring |
春の夢 | Haru no yume | Spring Dream | |
花の雲 | Hana no kumo | Flower Clouds | |
春の宵 | Haru no Yoi | Spring Evening | |
花便 | Hana dayori | Herald of Flowers | |
春愁 | Shunshuu | Spring Melancholy | |
春の夜 | Haru no Yo | Spring Night | |
花の山 | Haru no Yama | Spring Mount | |
惜春 | Sekishun | Regrets of Spring | |
残雪 | Zansetsu | Lingering Snow |
1 One of my teachers says this is a gomei for March rather than April. -katie
source for the last 9: http://nihonjinron.wordpress.com/gomei-銘/