Monday, February 1, 2010

二月一日(nigatsu tsuitachi): February 1

Another month has started. February is nigatsu(二月) in Japanese. The old name is kisaragi (如月).
It was very cold today. It snowed in Tokyo in the evening. Even here it snowed.  Snow is yuki (雪) in Japanese. Snow of the big snowflakes is called botan yuki (牡丹雪). Botan(牡丹) is peony. Powder snow is kona yuki (粉雪). Snowman is yuki daruma (雪だるま). Snowball fight is yuki gassen(雪合戦). Snowy country is yuki guni (雪国). Snowscape is yuki geshiki(雪景色).

The first day of each month is called tsuitachi (一日). The same kanji (一日) is also read as ichi nichi.

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