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sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)

2

seventh month of the lunar calendar

2

eighth month of the lunar calendar

2

ninth month of the lunar calendar; September

2

moonless sky (poetic usage)

1

cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person

1

eleventh month of the lunar calendar

2

end of the year or season; year end

5

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

12

rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

1

"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)

3

vernal equinox; spring equinox

5

pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

"grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)

1

empty space; empty sky

1

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

2

"grain full" solar term (approx. May 21)

2

"grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains)

2

summer solstice

3

"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)

1

document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed

1

blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)

2

"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)

1

here and there; everywhere

1

glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)

1

autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox

4

scandal

1

late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)

1

nectar; sweetness

1

"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

2

kanji "sword" radical at right (radical 18)

1

light snow

1

heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

1

hot-spring cure; taking the baths

1

"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)

1

repayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation

1

(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

1

ecliptic longitude; celestial longitude

1

due east

2

due west

1

Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21); Spring Equinox Day

1

Easter

1

every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

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structure

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pine tree

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