Micro-season 19 of 72Start of Summer
Frogs Start Singing
蛙始鳴かわずはじめてなく
蛙が田んぼで鳴きはじめる
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In English
Frogs begin calling from the flooded rice fields. The sound of frogs at night is one of the standard signs of early summer in Japanese poetry.
水を張った田んぼで蛙が鳴きはじめる。夜の蛙の声は、俳句でも初夏を示す定番の音。