小春日和

Japanese
Kanji in this term
小 春 日 和
こ
Grade: 1		 はる
Grade: 2		 ひ > び
Grade: 1		 より
Grade: 3
kun’yomi irregular

Etymology

Compound of 小(こ)春(はる) (koharu, “tenth lunar month → late autumn”) + 日和(ひより) (hiyori, “weather → good weather”).

The hiyori changes to biyori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こはるび​より [kòhárúbíꜜyòrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝbʲijo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

小(こ)春(はる)日(び)和(より) • (koharu-biyori) 

  1. early autumn, Indian summer
    Synonyms: インディアンサマー (Indian samā), 小春日 (koharubi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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