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Micro-season 18 of 72Grain Rain

Peonies Bloom

牡丹華ぼたんはなさく

牡丹の花が咲く

SpringApril 30〜May 4

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In English

Peonies open their heavy flowers. A Japanese idiom describes a beautiful woman standing like a peony, sitting like a tree peony and walking like a lily.

牡丹が大輪の花を開く。「立てば芍薬 座れば牡丹 歩く姿は百合の花」という言い回しがある。

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