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[mikkih]

Write the words in hiragana.　(4/29/13)

1. 皐月
2. 五月晴れ
3. 五月
4. 五月雨
5. 端午の節句
6. 鯉のぼり
7. 吹流し
8. 葉桜
9. 俳句
10. 与謝蕪村

Answers:

1. 皐月: さつき　 Rhododendron indicum (azalea); 5th month of the lunar calendar
2. 五月晴れ: さつきばれ　Clear sky in May. / Old: Clear sky during the rainy season
3. 五月: ごがつ　May / さつき same as (1)
4. 五月雨: さみだれ long lasting rain during the 5th of the lunar calendar. rainy season.
5. 端午の節句: たんごのせっく the Boys' Festival on May 5th. The festival was renamed to Children's Day (こどもの日) in 1948.
6. 鯉のぼり: こいのぼり carp streamers (for boy's festival on May 5th)
7. 吹流し: ふきながし a streamer
8. 葉桜: はざくらa leafy cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen
9. 俳句: はいく a haiku poem. A Japanese poem consisting of 3 lines with 5-7-5 syllables
10. 与謝蕪村: よさぶそん Yosa Buson, or Yosa no Buson. A famous Japanese haiku poet (1716 ~ 1783) Haiku by Buson: 『葉ざくらや 　南良に二日の　 泊り客』 (Hazakura ya, Nara ni futsuka no, tomarikyaku.) Seasonal word: 葉桜 --> Summer (I spent 2 days in Nara enjoying beautiful hazakura (leafy cherry trees after flowers have fallen).)

言葉遊び　(Wordplay) (5/13/13)

Read: 子子子子子子子子子子子子

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子：こ、ね、し、じ

子子子子子子子子子子子子：
ねこのここねこ、ししのここじし
猫の子子猫、獅子の子子獅子
A baby cat is a kitten, and a baby lion is a lion cub.
Why do you add の? Conjunctions "の" were often omitted in writing in old days.

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[cmertb]

1. no idea
2. gogatsu hare (probably wrong)
3. gogatsu
4. gogatsu ame (probably wrong again)
5. no idea
6. koi nobori (i think it's carp?)
7. fuki nagashi???
8. ha sakura???
9. haiku
10. no idea

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[mikkih]

言葉遊び　(Wordplay)

Read: 子子子子子子子子子子子子

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