Winter - Kitou

Japanese: 季冬 - きとう
Winter - Kitou
〘Noun〙 ("season" means end) The end of winter. Late winter. Also, the last month of winter. The twelfth month of the lunar calendar. 《season・winter》※Oeihon Analects (1420) Eight-sixth Chapter "The day of the new moon is when the Emperor issues the calendar for the coming year to the feudal lords in the winter season." [Book of Rites - Monthly Order]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「季」は末の意) 冬の末。晩冬。また、冬の終わりの月。陰暦一二月。《季・冬》※応永本論語抄(1420)八佾第三「告朔とは、天子より季冬に来年の暦を諸侯に賦らる」 〔礼記‐月令〕

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