Seasonal Notes / 季節の話題

The Harvest Moon is the full moon in September. We will discuss some interesting words to express different phases of the moon before and after the full moon.
中秋の名月とは９月の満月のこと。日本語には、月の形に応じて面白い言葉があるので、そのお話です。

Do you like persimmons? We do, but we didn’t know how to pick a ready-to-eat one. In this post, we will share what we learned about persimmons. /
柿は好きですか？私たちは好きですが、そのまま選び方を知りませんでした。この記事では、柿について学んだことを書きます。

What are your new hopes and resolutions for your New Year?
These are three lucky items to see in your first dream of the year.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022　Originally posted: Jan. 3, 2019

We exchange Summer-End Greeting cards from the second week of August.
It means “It’s been so hot, and I wonder how you are doing?
Last update: 2/27/2021

Some people in the olden days enjoyed going out in the dead of the winter to see fields of dead leaves. Revised: June 24, 2021

FOR AND AFTER January First, remember this greeting: “Akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu!”.
Here we discuss its meaning and a couple of words related to it. Last revised: 11/20/20

Say “Yoi O-Toshi o! (A Happy New Year!)” when you part with a friend at the end of the year. Last revised: 11/20/20

A new informal holiday is often created using a word play. This one uses the Japanese native counting words for 1 and 2, which are “hi” and “hu” respectively.
巷の記念日はよく語呂合わせで作られます。これは、日本の古来の数え方「ひ(1)」「ふ(2)」を使ったものです。Last revised: 2021/6/26