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Micro-season 7 of 72Insects Awaken

Hibernating Insects Emerge

蟄虫啓戸すごもりむしとをひらく

冬ごもりの虫が戸を開けて出てくる

SpringMarch 6〜March 10

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In English

Insects that slept through the winter push open their doors and come out. The image is of small creatures unlocking the earth from the inside.

冬を眠って過ごした虫が、戸を開けて出てくる。小さな生きものが土を内側から開ける、という見立て。

The solar term it belongs to

Insects AwakenけいちつKeichitsu is when insects that spent the winter underground come back out. The two characters literally mean "opening" and "hibernating creatures."

Japanese culture around March