72 Seasons

#01 東風解凍
East wind melts the ice

#02 黄鶯睍睆
Bush warblers start singing in the mountains

#03 魚上氷
Fish emerge from the ice

#04 土脉潤起
Rain moistens the soil

#05 霞始靆
Mist starts to linger

#06 草木萌動
Grass sprouts, trees bud

#07 蟄虫啓戸
Hibernating insects surface

#08 桃始笑
First peach blossoms

#09 菜虫化蝶
Caterpillars become butterflies

#10 雀始巣
Sparrows start to nest

#11 櫻始開
First cherry blossoms

#12 雷乃発声
Distant thunder

#13 玄鳥至
Swallows return

#14 鴻雁北
Wild geese fly north

#15 虹始見
First rainbows

#16 葭始生
First reeds sprout

#17 霜止出苗
Last frost, rice seedlings grow

#18 牡丹華
Peonies bloom

#19 蛙始鳴
Frogs start singing

#20 蚯蚓出
Worms surface

#21 竹笋生
Bamboo shoots sprout

#22 蚕起食桑
Silkworms start feasting on mulberry leaves

#23 紅花栄
Safflowers bloom

#24 麦秋至
Wheat ripens and is harvested

#25 螳螂生
Praying mantises hatch

#26 腐草為蛍
Rotten grass becomes fireflies

#27 梅子黄
Plums turn yellow

#28 乃東枯
Self-heal withers

#29 菖蒲華
Irises bloom

#30 半夏生
Crow-dipper sprouts

#31 温風至
Warm winds blow

#32 蓮始開
First lotus blossoms

#33 鷹乃学習
Hawks learn to fly

#34 桐始結花
Paulownia trees produce seeds

#35 土潤溽暑
Earth is damp, air is humid

#36 大雨時行
Great rains sometimes fall

#37 涼風至
Cool winds blow

#38 寒蝉鳴
Evening cicadas sing

#39 蒙霧升降
Thick fog descends

#40 綿柎開
Cotton flowers bloom

#41 天地始粛
Heat starts to die down

#42 禾乃登
Rice ripens

#43 草露白
Dew glistens white on grass

#44 鶺鴒鳴
Wagtails sing

#45 玄鳥去
Swallows leave

#46 雷乃収声
Thunder ceases

#47 蟄虫坏戸
Insects hole up underground

#48 水始涸
Farmers drain fields

#49 鴻雁来
Wild geese return

#50 菊花開
Chrysanthemums bloom

#51 蟋蟀在戸
Crickets chirp around the door

#52 霜始降
First frost

#53 霎時施
Light rains sometimes fall

#54 楓蔦黄
Maple leaves and ivy turn yellow

#55 山茶始開
Camellias bloom

#56 地始凍
Land starts to freeze

#57 金盞香
Daffodils bloom

#58 虹蔵不見
Rainbows hide

#59 朔風払葉
North wind blows the leaves from the trees

#60 橘始黄
Tachibana citrus tree leaves start to turn yellow

#61 閉塞成冬
Cold sets in, winter begins

#62 熊蟄穴
Bears start hibernating in their dens

#63 鮭魚群
Salmon gather and swim upstream

#64 乃東生
Self-heal sprouts

#65 麋角解
Deer shed antlers

#66 雪下出麦
Wheat sprouts under snow

#67 芹乃栄
Parsley flourishes

#68 水泉動
Springs thaw

#69 雉始雊
Pheasants start to call

#70 款冬華
Butterburs bud

#71 水沢腹堅
Ice thickens on streams

#72 鶏始乳
Hens start laying eggs