August 30, 2005

Dragonfly, Tonbo 蜻蛉

Dragonfly
kigo for all autumn
 
quoted from
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/3au-6an.html
 
蜻蛉 【とんぼ】 tonbo, dragonfly/dragonflies [order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera;
not to be confused with 糸蜻蛉【いととんぼ】 itotonbo, "damselfly", a summer kidai] (all autumn).
 
【せいれい】 seirei, dragonfly/dragonflies
【あきつ】 akitsu, dragonfly/dragonflies
【やんま】 yanma, dragonfly/dragonflies
赤蜻蛉 【あかとんぼ】 akatonbo, red dragonfly/dragonflies
 


Posted by worldkigo at 13:47