Micro-seasons · 七十二候 · No. 13
玄鳥至 Swallows return
清明 せいめい · つばめきたる
- 春 Spring
- 夏 Summer
- 秋 Autumn
- 冬 Winter
- — solid still observed · dashed dropped 2021 · faint never observed
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No. 13 · 清明 せいめい · Spring
玄鳥至tsubame kitaru
Swallows return
Observation dropped in 2021
By JMA records, the first swallow now arrives ~1.4 days earlier than in 1953.JMA 生物季節観測 累年値 (つばめの初見; 5000 station-years, 1953–2020; ~0.2 days/decade, R²=0)
燕が南から来ます。
The swallows come from the south.
- 燕tsubameswallow
- 来るkuruto come
- 春haruspring
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