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    3. 歳時記

    歳時記

    歳さい時じ記き

    almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)

    KMT9News #27+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab33 strokes

    さいじき

    Noun

    1.
    almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)

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    俳はい句くを作つくるために歳さい時じ記きを読よんだ。

    I read a saijiki to compose haiku.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    歳さい時じ記きには、季き節せつごとの風ふう物ぶつ詩しや行ぎょう事じが詳くわしく記しるされている。

    The saijiki details seasonal traditions and events.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    歳さい時じ記きは、日に本ほんの自し然ぜんと文ぶん化かが織おりなす繊せん細さいな美び意い識しきを教おしえてくれる。

    The saijiki teaches us the delicate aesthetic sense woven by Japan's nature and culture.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsNature & EnvironmentArt & Design
    歳さい時じ記きを読よむと、日に本ほんの四し季きの移うつろいをより深ふかく感かんじることができる。

    Reading a saijiki allows one to feel the transition of Japan's four seasons more deeply.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    俳はい句くの季き語ごを選えらぶ際さい、歳さい時じ記きは欠かかせない参さん考こう書しょとなる。

    When choosing kigo (seasonal words) for haiku, a saijiki becomes an indispensable reference book.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    歳
    とし・とせ・よわい…(2)
    year-end・age・occasion・opportunity
    時
    とき・-どき…(3)
    time・hour
    記
    しる.す…(2)
    scribe・account・narrative
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