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Micro-season 17 of 72Grain Rain

Frost Ends, Seedlings Grow

霜止出苗しもやんでなえいずる

霜が終わり、稲の苗が育つ

SpringApril 25〜April 29

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In English

The last frost is over and rice seedlings grow safely. For farmers this was the moment the year's harvest stopped being a gamble against the cold.

遅霜が終わり、稲の苗が安心して育つ。農家にとっては、その年の実りが寒さとの賭けでなくなる瞬間。

The solar term it belongs to

Grain RainこくうKokuu is the season of the soft rain that makes grain grow. Rice seedlings are raised now, and the last frost of the year is usually behind us.

Japanese culture around April