In recent years, more and more people enjoy casual haiku from children to adults. Seasonal words are indispensable for such haiku.

I think it would be difficult to use only old words, but I have a lot of freedom.
＜ Summer season ＞ There are a lot of surprises, from cool words to something that surprises you!

"Morning glory", "Watermelon", "Sunset" that appeared in the title.
Actually, in this ＜ Summer season ＞ There is only one.

The correct answer will be introduced later!

Seasonal word said to have 8,000 words in all.
A summary of these is “Yoshiki”.

There are a variety of publishers, from thick ones like pocket-word dictionaries to pocket-sized ones.
The editor chooses which season word to publish, so it is listed here, but it is not here.

Some words disappear with the times, and some words are added.

For example, foreign words. "Sandals", "Sunglasses", "Aloha shirts" ...
These words that were not in Matsuo's days are now fine ＜ Summer season ＞ It is published in the yearbook (*) as.

※　参考：『合本　俳句歳時記　第五版』角川書店編

There are also many other katakana words such as “diving”, “nighter”, “ramune”, “barbecue”, “surfer”, “short pants”, “soft cream”.

On the other hand, there are also words that are going to disappear from the yearbook because they are no longer used.

One of them is “Taro Adachi”.

って、いったい誰……？

Actually, this is not a person's name, but a “Thunderhead”!

It is another expression of the term “cloud peak”, and the part of the last name changes depending on the region, and it is also called “Taro Bando”, “Taro Shinano”, “Taro Iwami”, etc.

「○○太郎」という強そうなイメージが、もくもくとした入道雲に重なって見えるのかも？

There is also an unexpected seasonal word that makes you want to raise your head like "Why is this summer?"

例えば「甘酒」。
冬にホットで飲むイメージですが、歳時記には「かつては暑気払いに温めて飲んだ」とあります。
江戸時代には、甘酒売りが通りを売り歩き、夏の風物詩とされていたのだそう。

In addition, "perfume" and "handkerchief" used throughout the year ＜ Summer season ＞ .
“There are many people who use sweat especially in summer.”

さて、お次は超難読な＜夏の季語＞に挑戦。
いくつ読めますか？

“1” is a star that reads “Hideriboshi” and shines around the summer season.
2 is "Light". Thin fabrics and clothing.
3 is Tokyo"Hozuki Ichi" held at Sensoji Temple. It is also written as “Nazo-shi”.

次は“生き物の名前”。
漢字と写真を正しく組み合わせてみてください。

The correct answer is ...

1. 蝲 蛄 → B. Crayfish
2. Chapter Fish → C. Octopus
3. Morimiya → A. Gecko

was!

"Morning glory", "Watermelon" and "Sunset" in the title.

どれも＜夏の季語＞のように見えますが、答えはひとつだけ！
みなさん、どれかおわかりですか……？

The correct answer is “Sunset”!

Both “morning glory” and “watermelon” are “autumn season words”.

ほかにも「天の川」、「七夕」、「盆踊り」、「枝豆」、「ゴーヤー」など、いかにも夏っぽいのに＜秋の季語＞、という言葉は意外とたくさんあります。

The reason is that the haiku season is based on the lunar calendar.
The lunar calendar “Summer” is from the beginning of May to the beginning of August.

Hmm? Is the summer already over?

In our sense, August is the peak of summer!
But in the haiku world, autumn has just begun.

というわけで、＜秋の季語＞の中から、美しい＆おもしろい言葉をいくつかご紹介しましょう。

The words related to the moon stand out in the autumn section of the yearbook.

Sounds such as “Matsuyo”, “Imachitsuki”, “Tachimachizuki”, and “Nachimachizuki” all sound beautiful.
I can feel the feeling of waiting for the moon to rise in the night sky.

In autumn, there are many seasonal words related to “insects”.
One of the most interesting is “Mimizu”.

ミミズって鳴くの?!と思いきや、昔の人は、地中から聞こえてくる「ジー」という姿の見えない虫の音を、そう思っていたのだとか。
近代になって、その声の主はミミズではなく「螻蛄（けら。オケラのこと）」だということが判明したそうですよ。

“Suzumushi” and “Matsumushi”, which have a cool tone on the autumn night, have their own aliases.
“Suzumushi” can be rephrased as “Getsureshi”, and “Matsumushi” can be rephrased as “Kinbiwa” or “Chinchiro”.

The charm of Kyugo is that you can encounter beautiful words that feel the changing of the four seasons in Japan and interesting expressions.
Please take your timebook and look for your favorite.

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