Gomei – October
10 神無月
銘・季語 Words for the Month
秋風 | あきかぜ | aki kaze | autumn wind |
秋時雨 | あきしぐれ | aki shigure | autumn showers |
秋晴 | あきばれ | akibare | fine autumn days |
薄紅葉 | うすもみじ | usu momiji | pale fall colours |
浦里 | うらざと | urazato | village by the sea |
雲錦 | くもにしき | kumo nishiki | clouds brocade |
唐錦 | からにしき | kara nishiki | Chinese brocade |
錦秋 | きんしゅう | kinshuu | autumn brocade |
小柴垣 | こしばがき | ko shibagaki | small brush fence |
里神楽 | さとかぐら | sato kagura | village kagura |
残菊 | ざんぎく | zangiku | late chrysanthemums |
山景 | やまかげ | yamakage | mountain view |
鴫立沢 | しぎたつさわ | shigitatsu sawa | shorebird’s flight* |
柴の戸 | しばのと | shiba no to | firewood door |
柴舟 | さいしゅう | saishuu | firewood boat |
秋色 | しゅうしょく | shuushoku | autumn scenery |
松琴 | まつこと | matsukoto | pine’s harp |
白菊 | しらぎく | shiragiku | white chrysanthemum |
鈴の音 | すずのおと | suzu no oto | sound of bells |
苫屋 | とまや | tomaya | humble home |
初時雨 | はつしぐれ | hatsu shigure | first rain |
初紅葉 | はつもみじ | hatsu momiji | first colours of fall |
晩鐘 | ばんしょう | banshou | evening bell |
笛の音 | ふえのおと | fue no oto | flute’s call |
松風 | しょうふう | shoufuu | wind through pines |
村時雨 | むらしぐれ | mura shigure | village rains |
紅葉狩 | もみじがり | momiji-gari | leaf hunting |
山家 | さんか | sanka | mountain villa |
山里 | やまざと | yamazato | mountain hamlet |
山路 | やまじ | yamaji | mountain path |
夕霧 | ゆうぎり | yuugiri | evening mist |
侘びの友 | わびのとも | wabi no tomo | companion in poverty |
朝霧 | Asagiri | Morning Mist | |
月の雲 | Tsuki no Kumo | Moon with Clouds | |
夜半の秋 | Yowa no Aki | Autumn Midnight | |
夜長 | Yonaga | Long Night | |
秋の峰 | Aki no Mine | Autumn’s Peak | |
露の宿 | Tsuyu no Yado | House of Dew | |
秋の雲 | Aki no Kumo | Autumn Clouds | |
落とし水 | Otoshi Mizu | Falling Water |
*This comes from a poem by the famous poet Saigyo that reads: 「心なき身にもあはれはしられけりしぎたつ沢の秋の夕暮」 “The melacholy of the shorebird’s flight in the Autumn twilight pierces the heart of even my heartless self.”
Source: * The above gomei and note are from http://nihonjinron.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/october-gomei/ * The last 8 are from http://nihonjinron.wordpress.com/gomei-銘/