Koharu - Shoshun

Japanese: 小春 - しょうしゅん

〘Noun〙 The name of the tenth month of the lunar calendar. Koharu. 《Season・Winter》※Seihokushu (around 1346) 4th October Hearing the nightingale "A song springs forth from the bamboo forest. A strange thing is born in Koharu."※Haiku・Inukoshu (1633) 6th "Seeing the cherry blossoms blooming in Koharu, Is it Nekage's plan that the flowers return twice to the branches? (Keiyu)" 〔King-Chu Saijiki〕

Koharu [Koharu]

〘Noun〙 The beginning of winter, a warm climate similar to spring. By extension, another name for the tenth month of the lunar calendar. 《Season・Winter》※Tsurezuregusa (around 1331) 155 "October is a month of Koharu weather, the grass is green, and the plum blossoms are not yet budded."

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Japanese:

〘名〙陰暦一〇月の称。こはる。《季・冬》※済北集（1346頃か）四・十月聞鶯「竹間驀地歌簧発。怪得元来是小春」※俳諧・犬子集（1633）六「小春に桜花咲たるを見て根計か枝に二度かへり花〈慶友〉」〔荊楚歳時記〕