Today (kyoo)

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Today (kyoo) , tomorrow (asu)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Season

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Explanation

TODAY just like that (kyoo, konnichi 今日、きょう; けふの日 ) is not a kigo in Japan but a non-seasonal topic.　
The same holds for "this morning" kesa 今朝, and "tomorrow" asu, ashita 明日, 翌.

It does come with some seasonal flavor in the following composite phrases, which are traditionally listed in a Japanese saijiki:


spring of today, kyoo no haru 今日の春（きょうのはる）
spring of this morning, kesa no haru 今朝の春（けさのはる）
(similar to "first spring", hatsu haru 初春. Spring here means the New Year, according to the Asian Lunar Calendar)
kigo for the New Year



summer of this morning, kesa no natsu
今朝の夏（けさのなつ)
(similar to "summer begins", rikka 立夏)
kigo for early summer


autumn of this morning, kesa no aki
今日の秋（きょうのあき）
dawn of this morning, kesa no asa 今朝の朝（けさのあさ）
(similar to "autumn begins", risshuu 立秋)
kigo for early autumn

moon of today, kyoo no tsuki 今日の月（きょうのつき）
(similar to "full autumn moon" meigetsu 名月)
kigo for mid-autumn


winter of this morning, kesa no fuyu
今朝の冬（けさのふゆ）
(similar to "winer begins", rittoo 立冬)
kigo for early winter

spring of tomorrow, asu no haru 明日の春（あすのはる）
(similar to "spring is near" haru chikashi 春近し)
kigo for late winter


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HAIKU

桜えびすしに散らして今日ありぬ　
sakura ebi sushi ni shirashite kyoo arinu

cherryblossom shrimps
sprinkled on my sushi -
what a fine day !　　　　　　

Hosomi Ayako 細見綾子

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今日も今日も今日も今日もやだまし雲
kyômo kyômo kyômo kyômo ya damashi kumo

today too
today too...
cheating clouds

This haiku has the prescript, "Praying for Rain."

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今日の志いふけしの花
konnichi no kokorozashi iu keshi no hana

speaking
this day's deepest thoughts...
poppies

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花じゃぞよ我もけさから三十九
hana ja zoyo ware mo kesa kara san jû ku

blossoms--
from this morning on
39 springs to go

Issa wrote this haiku during New Year's season of 1793, at age 31. He reckoned that he had 39 more springs to look forward to before reaching the age of 70.

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けふの日もぼうふり虫よ翌も又
kyô no hi mo bôfurimushi yo asu mo mata

today again
mosquito larvae...
tomorrow the same

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翌も翌も同じ夕か独蚊屋
asu mo asu mo onaji yûbe ka hitori kaya

tomorrow night and the next
the same?
in my mosquito net, alone

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翌は翌の風が吹とやひとり蚊屋
asu wa asu no [kaze] ga fuku to ya hitori kaya

tomorrow's wind
blows tomorrow...
in my mosquito net, alone


Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

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bonnoo wa hyakuhachi hette kesa no haru

the worldly desires,
all one hundred and eight are gone -
this spring morning

Natsume Soseki
Tr. Gabi Greve

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梅が香も雪に交えて庭の今朝
ume ga ka mo yuki ni majiete niwa no kesa

snow mixed with
smell of plum blossoms -
morning in my garden

Gabi Greve

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三月や まれに見られし 今朝の雪
sangatsu ya mare ni mirareshi kesa no yuki

already march !
the sparkling snow
of this morning

Gabi Greve
with photo here

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yume o miru mata yume o miru kesa no aki

looking at a dream
again looking at a dream -
this autumn morning

wie im Traum
und wieder wie im Traum -
dieser Herbstmorgen

Gabi Greve, November 2005

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猪の踊りの跡や今朝の雪
inoshishi no odori no ato ya kesa no yuki

tracks in the snow -
a dragon must have danced here
last night

Spuren im Schnee -
hier hat wohl ein Drache getanzt
letzte Nacht

Gabi Greve, January 2005

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Related words


***** Last day of a month (misoka) Last day of the year (oomisoka)


***** First day of the year (ganjitsu)


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