Micro-seasons · 七十二候 · No. 19
蛙始鳴 Frogs start singing
立夏 りっか · かわずはじめてなく
- 春 Spring
- 夏 Summer
- 秋 Autumn
- 冬 Winter
- — solid still observed · dashed dropped 2021 · faint never observed
- earlier later
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No. 19 · 立夏 りっか · Summer
蛙始鳴kawazu hajimete naku
Frogs start singing
Observation dropped in 2021
By JMA records, the first pond frog now arrives ~23.6 days later than in 1953.JMA 生物季節観測 累年値 (とのさまがえるの初見; 2025 station-years, 1953–2020; ~3.5 days/decade, R²=0.2)
田んぼで蛙が鳴きます。
Frogs croak in the rice fields.
- 蛙kaerufrog
- 田tarice field
- 鳴くnakuto croak, cry
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