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2023年1月1日日曜日

Haiku about New Year (13)

 


2023 is the Year of the Rabbit!

Please learn about the Japanese Zodiac, will you?

The Chinese animal zodiac (eto) was introduced in Japan around the third to the fourth century.

It was mainly employed as a way of indicating the day, month, year, time of the day, orientation in space, as well as the order in a sequence of events in a symbolical form.

As there are twelve animals in the zodiac, it is also referred to as juni-shi ("the twelve branches", with juni meaning "twelve" in Japanese), as the cycle rotates every twelve years. The animal of the year changes on January first.

Below are the Japanese names of each zodiac animal.

2023 is a Usagi-doshi, or Year of the Rabbit.

(Ne): Rat
(Ushi): Ox
(Tora): Tiger
(U): Rabbit
(Tatsu): Dragon
(Mi): Snake
(Uma): Horse
(Hitsuji): Sheep
(Saru): Monkey
(Tori): Rooster
(Inu): Dog

 


Haiku about New Year (12)

 

 

寿や卯の年祝ふ年兎

 

kotobuki ya

u-no-toshi iwau

toshi-usagi

 

kotobuki :

(i) celebration, congratulations 

(ii) celebration of the long life

(iii) long life 

ya  (Interjectional Participle) : “kire-ji” cutting word

u-no-toshi : the year of the Rabbit

iwau : celebrate 

toshi-usagi : New Year’s Rabbit

 

Congratulations!

New Year’s Rabbit celebrates

Year of the Rabbit