pleiades year (English spelling) pleiadesyear

Japanese: pleiades year(英語表記)pleiadesyear
pleiades year (English spelling) pleiadesyear

...However, there are also cases where only half of the months have names, such as the calendar of Halmahera Island in Indonesia. Stars or constellations that indicate the beginning of the year include Pleiades, Orion's Belt (three stars lined up in the center of Orion), and Antares (a red star of first magnitude in the center of Scorpio). Calendars that use Pleiades as an indicator in particular are called Pleiades years, and are one of the calendars that are widely distributed around the world, including Oceania, Africa, and America. These calendars are more accurate than the natural calendar. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pleiades year" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,インドネシアのハルマヘラ島の暦のように半年しか月に名称のない場合もある。年の始めの指標とされる星あるいは星座にはすばる,オリオン・ベルト(オリオン座の中心に並んだ三つの星),アンタレス(さそり座の中心となる赤色の1等星)などがあるが,とくにすばるを指標としている暦はすばる年pleiades yearと呼ばれ,オセアニア,アフリカ,アメリカなど,世界中に広く分布する暦の一つである。これらは自然暦よりは精確な暦である。…

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