These are "Kanji that symbolize the four seasons" of Japanese element symbols.
In the beginning, the earth is classified into "Country with the four seasons" and "Country without the four seasons".
Country where the four seasons exists and region.
Please let me explain of each a little.
Country and region where the four seasons can be distinguished clearly.
It is a region located in inside latitude ( 30 degrees,Minus 50 degrees ). And, the change of the air mass is a large region in it.
Country and region without changes at the four seasons.
Country and region of high latitude-The area where nights with the midnight sun lead to in the summer.
Country and region of low latitude-The area where it is everlasting summer throughout the year, but there are wet season and the dry season.
Japan is a country with the four seasons.
And, the difference of each season is distinct.
Each word has "onyomi" and "kunyomi".
Please refer to the word enumerated in the example.
The pronunciation in parentheses is "Okuri-gana".
1 Spring
shun 
haru
| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | 春 | haru |
| Vernal Equinox Day | 春分の日 | shunbun-no-hi |
| The first day of spring | 立春 | risshun |
| Early spring | 早春 | so-shun |
| Youth | 青春 | sei-shun |
| Spring vacation | 春休み | haru-yasu[mi] |
| crown daisy] | 春菊 | shun-giku |
| Spring wind, Spring breeze | 春風 | haru-kaze |
2 Summer ka, ge natsu
| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | 夏 | natsu |
| Early summer | 初夏 | sho-ka |
| Summer solstice | 夏至 | ge-shi |
| Clothes in summer | 夏服 | natsu-fuku |
| mid summer | 真夏 | ma-matsu |
| Summer vacation | 夏休み | natsu-yasu[mi] |
| Summer festival | 夏祭り | natsu-matsu[ri] |
| Summer cold | 夏風邪 | natsu-kaze |
| summer lethargy | 夏バテ | natsu-bate |
| Losing weight in summer | 夏痩せ | natsu-ya[se] |
3 Autumn shu aki
| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn | 秋 | aki |
| Autumnal Equinox Day | 秋分の日 | shu-bun-no-hi |
| Autumn wind | 秋風 | aki-kaze |
| Nice fall | 秋晴れ | aki-ba[re] |
| Festival in autumn | 秋祭り | aki-matsu[ri] |
| The sky in autumn | 秋空 | aki-zora |
4 Winter to fuyu
| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| Winter | 冬 | fuyu |
| Winter solstice | 冬至 | to-ji |
| Early winter | 初冬 | sho-to |
| Winter bird | 冬鳥 | fuyu-dori |
| Winter vacation | 冬休み | fuyu-yasu[mi] |
| Winter mountai | 冬山 | fuyu-yama |
| preparations for winter | 冬支度 | fuyu-jitaku |
| stay indoors during the winter | 冬ごもり | fuyu-gomori |
| Jack Frost | 冬将軍 | fuyu-shogun |
| a day on which the temper-aure is below zero degrees Centigrade | 真冬日 | mafuyu-bi |
In the Japanese, "The four seasons" is expressed in this way.
春夏秋冬 ( shun-ka-shu-to ) = 春( shun), 夏( ka ), 秋( shu ), 冬( to )
Do you know "Haiku" of Japan?
"Season word" that shows this "Four seasons" enters without fail for the haiku of Japan.It is a basic rule of the haiku.
This is the haiku that was translated most into English in a Japanese literary work.The haiku of "Matsuo Basho" of a very famous haiku poet in Japan.
古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音 ( furuike-ya kawazu-tobikomu mizuno-oto)
The main English translation
- Old pond frogs jumped in sound of water
- The ancient pond A frog leaps in The sound of the water
English translation of author himself.
The old mere! A frog jumping in The sound of water !
Practice notebook of "The Japanese Kanji symbols that symbolize the four seasons."
Notebook of practice of stroke order of Kanji symbols that symbolize four seasons.pdf
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