Brief Entries

新年【しんねん】：天文【てんもん】
shinnen: tenmon, New Year: The Heavens

初日【はつひ】 hatsu hi, first sun [that is, New Year's Day sunrise] (New Year).

初日影【はつひかげ】 hatsu hikage, first sunshine

初日の出【はつひので】 hatsu hinode, first sunrise

初空【はつぞら】 hatsuzora, first sky [that is, on New Year's Day] (New Year).

初御空【はつみそら】 hatsu misora, first sky [御「み」 -mi- is honorific, but carries also the notion of beauty by way of homonym 美【み】mi]

淑気【しゃくき】 shakuki, pure air / pristine air [as a congratulatory welcome to the New Year] (New Year).

初凪【はつなぎ】 hatsunagi, first calm [wind and sea on New Year's Day] (New Year).

御降【おさがり】 osagari, first precipitation [on New Year's Day] (New Year).