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There are 43 total results for your seasons search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

四季

see styles
sì jì
    si4 ji4
ssu chi
 shiki
    しき

More info & calligraphy:

The Four Seasons
four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
the four seasons; (female given name) Yomogi

春夏秋冬

see styles
chūn xià qiū dōng
    chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
ch`un hsia ch`iu tung
    chun hsia chiu tung
 shunkashuutou / shunkashuto
    しゅんかしゅうとう

More info & calligraphy:

The Four Seasons
the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
(n,adv) (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; (personal name) Hitotose

四時


四时

see styles
sì shí
    si4 shi2
ssu shih
 shiji; shiiji / shiji; shiji
    しじ; しいじ
the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
(See 四季) the four seasons
four seasons

see styles

    qi1
ch`i
    chi
 go
    ご
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
(1) time; moment; limit; (2) time of death; last moment; (3) (archaism) midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period; (surname) Ki
A set time; a limit of time; times, seasons; to expect.

see styles

    za2
tsa
 zou / zo
    ぞう
Japanese variant of 雜|杂
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love); (surname) Saisaki

三季

see styles
sān jì
    san1 ji4
san chi
 miki
    みき
(female given name) Miki
The "three seasons" of an Indian year— spring, summer, and winter; a year.

二季

see styles
 niki
    にき
(1) two seasons; (2) (See 盆暮れ) Bon and year-end festivals; (female given name) Nikki

八校

see styles
bā xiào
    ba1 xiao4
pa hsiao
 hakkyō
are the opening days of the four seasons and the two solstices and two equinoxes during which similar investigations are made. See also 三覆八校.

四気

see styles
 shiki
    しき
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

四神

see styles
 shijin
    しじん
(See 青竜・1,白虎・1,朱雀・1,玄武・1) four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons

四門


四门

see styles
sì mén
    si4 men2
ssu men
 yotsukado
    よつかど
(surname) Yotsukado
The four doors, schools of thought, or theories: 有 is the phenomenal world real, or 空 unreal, or both, or neither ? According to the Tiantai school each of the four schools 四教 in discussing these four questions emphasizes one of them, i. e. 三藏教 that it is real 通教 unreal, 別通 both, 圓通 neither; v. 有 and 空, and each of the four schools. In esoteric symbolism the 四門 are four stages of initiation, development, enlightenment, and nirvana, and are associated with E., S., W., and N.; with the four seasons; with warmth, heat, coolness and cold, etc.

持水

see styles
chí shuǐ
    chi2 shui3
ch`ih shui
    chih shui
 Jisui
Jātiṃdhara, a physician who adjusted prescriptions and diet to the seasons; reborn as Śuddhodana.

春秋

see styles
chūn qiū
    chun1 qiu1
ch`un ch`iu
    chun chiu
 shunjuu(p); haruaki / shunju(p); haruaki
    しゅんじゅう(P); はるあき
spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
(1) spring and autumn; spring and fall; (2) years; age; (3) (しゅんじゅう only) (See 五経) The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu; (surname) Haruaki
spring and autumn

歲序


岁序

see styles
suì xù
    sui4 xu4
sui hsü
succession of seasons

百八

see styles
bǎi bā
    bai3 ba1
pai pa
 hyakuhachi
    ひゃくはち
(numeric) (1) 108; one hundred and eight; (2) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; (3) (See 七十二候,節気) the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year; (given name) Hyakuhachi
108

節気

see styles
 sekki
    せっき
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

輪迴


轮回

see styles
lún huí
    lun2 hui2
lun hui
 rinne
to reincarnate; reincarnation (Buddhism); (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically; cycle; CL:個|个[ge4]
cyclic existence

雑節

see styles
 zassetsu
    ざっせつ
standard days signifying the changing of the seasons (i.e. setsubun, higan, etc.)

順時

see styles
shùn shí
    shun4 shi2
shun shih
according to the seasons

三際時


三际时

see styles
sān jì shí
    san1 ji4 shi2
san chi shih
 san zaiji
The three Indian seasons, spring, summer, and winter, also styled熱, 雨, 寒時, the hot, rainy, and cold seasons.

八王日

see styles
bā wáng rì
    ba1 wang2 ri4
pa wang jih
 hachi ō nichi
The eight royal days, i.e. the solstices, the equinoxes, and the first day of each of the four seasons.

劫波樹


劫波树

see styles
jié bō shù
    jie2 bo1 shu4
chieh po shu
 kōhaju
kalpataru A tree in Indra's garden bearing fruit according to the seasons.

夜摩天

see styles
yè mó tiān
    ye4 mo2 tian1
yeh mo t`ien
    yeh mo tien
 yamaten
    やまてん
{Buddh} (See 六欲天) heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
Yamadeva; the third devaloka, which is also called 須夜摩 or 蘇夜摩, intp. as 時分 or 善時分 the place where the times, or seasons, are always good.

季節感

see styles
 kisetsukan
    きせつかん
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality

時雨忌

see styles
 shigureki
    しぐれき
Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

月雪花

see styles
 tsukiyukihana
    つきゆきはな
(poetic term) (from a poem by Bai Juyi) (See 雪月花) moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons

無熱池


无热池

see styles
wú rè chí
    wu2 re4 chi2
wu je ch`ih
    wu je chih
 munetsu chi
The lake without heat, or cold lake, called Mānasarovara, or Mānasa-saro-vara, 'excellent mānasa lake,' or modern Manasarovar, 31° N., 81° 3 E., 'which overflows at certain seasons and forms one lake with' Rakas-tal, which is the source of the Sutlej. It is under the protection of the nāga-king Anavatapta and is also known by his name. It is said to lie south of the Gandha-mādana mountains, and is erroneously reputed as the source of the four rivers Ganges, Indus, Śītā (Tārīm River), and Oxus.

雪月花

see styles
 setsugetsuka; setsugekka
    せつげつか; せつげっか
(poetic term) (from a poem by Bai Juyi) (See 月雪花) snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons; (female given name) Yuzuha

一日三秋

see styles
yī rì sān qiū
    yi1 ri4 san1 qiu1
i jih san ch`iu
    i jih san chiu
 ichijitsusanshuu; ichinichisanshuu / ichijitsusanshu; ichinichisanshu
    いちじつさんしゅう; いちにちさんしゅう
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
(yoji) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

七十二候

see styles
 shichijuunikou / shichijuniko
    しちじゅうにこう
(See 節気,候・こう) the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3

四季如春

see styles
sì jì rú chūn
    si4 ji4 ru2 chun1
ssu chi ju ch`un
    ssu chi ju chun
four seasons like spring; favorable climate throughout the year

四季豆腐

see styles
sì jì dòu fu
    si4 ji4 dou4 fu5
ssu chi tou fu
four seasons beancurd

天竺三時


天竺三时

see styles
tiān zhú sān shí
    tian1 zhu2 san1 shi2
t`ien chu san shih
    tien chu san shih
 tenjiku sanji
(or 天竺三際). The three seasons of an Indian year: Grīṣma, the hot season, from first month, sixteenth day, to fifth month, fifteenth; Varṣākāla, the rainy season, fifth month, sixteenth, the to ninth month, fifteenth; Hemanta, the cold season, ninth month, sixteenth, to first month, fifteenth. These three are each divided into two, making six seasons, or six periods: Vasanta and grīṣma, varṣākāla and śarad, hemanta and śiśira. The twelve months are Caitra, Vaiśākha, Jyaiṣṭha, Āṣāḍha, Śrāvaṇa, Bhādrapada, Āśvavuja, Kārttika, Mārgaśīrṣa, Pauṣa, Māgha, and Phālguna.

天竺三際


天竺三际

see styles
tiān zhú sān jì
    tian1 zhu2 san1 ji4
t`ien chu san chi
    tien chu san chi
 tenjiku sansai
three seasons of the Indian year

順應天時


顺应天时

see styles
shùn yìng tiān shí
    shun4 ying4 tian1 shi2
shun ying t`ien shih
    shun ying tien shih
going with nature and the seasons (TCM)

二十四節気

see styles
 nijuushisekki / nijushisekki
    にじゅうしせっき
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

Variations:
108
百八

see styles
 hyakuhachi
    ひゃくはち
(numeric) (1) 108; one hundred and eight; (2) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; (3) (See 七十二候,節気) the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 microseasons of one year

四季の移ろい

see styles
 shikinoutsuroi / shikinotsuroi
    しきのうつろい
(exp,n) passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

蟪蛄不知春秋

see styles
huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū
    hui4 gu1 bu4 zhi1 chun1 qiu1
hui ku pu chih ch`un ch`iu
    hui ku pu chih chun chiu
lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture

季節の移り変わり

see styles
 kisetsunoutsurikawari / kisetsunotsurikawari
    きせつのうつりかわり
(exp,n) (See 移り変わり・うつりかわり) changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons

Variations:
行く(P)
往く(rK)

see styles
 iku(p); yuku(p)
    いく(P); ゆく(P)
(v5k-s,vi) (1) (See 来る・1) to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for); (v5k-s,vi) (2) to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road); (v5k-s,vi) (3) to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along; (v5k-s,vi) (4) (oft. as で〜) to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try; (v5k-s,vi) (5) to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by; (v5k-s,vi) (6) to stream; to flow; (v5k-s,vi) (7) (usu. written as 逝く) to die; to pass away; (v5k-s,vi) (8) to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...); (v5k-s,vi) (9) to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive; (aux-v,v5k-s) (10) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb; い sometimes omitted in casual speech) to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...; (v5k-s,vi) (11) (kana only) (colloquialism) (oft. written as イク) to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; (v5k-s,vi) (12) (kana only) (slang) to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

Variations:
オールシーズン
オール・シーズン

see styles
 oorushiizun; ooru shiizun / oorushizun; ooru shizun
    オールシーズン; オール・シーズン
(1) all seasons; (can be adjective with の) (2) all-season

Variations:
移り変わる
移り変る
移りかわる(sK)
うつり変わる(sK)
遷り変わる(sK)

see styles
 utsurikawaru
    うつりかわる
(v5r,vi) to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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