Micro-seasons · 七十二候 · No. 38
寒蝉鳴 Evening cicadas sing
立秋 りっしゅう · ひぐらしなく
- 春 Spring
- 夏 Summer
- 秋 Autumn
- 冬 Winter
- — solid still observed · dashed dropped 2021 · faint never observed
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No. 38 · 立秋 りっしゅう · Autumn
寒蝉鳴higurashi naku
Evening cicadas sing
Observation dropped in 2021
By JMA records, the evening cicada's first call now arrives ~2.9 days later than in 1953.JMA 生物季節観測 累年値 (ひぐらしの初鳴; 3060 station-years, 1953–2020; ~0.4 days/decade, R²=0.01)
夕方に蝉が鳴きます。
Cicadas sing in the evening.
- 蝉semicicada
- 夕方yūgataevening
- 鳴くnakuto cry, sing
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