親雀 - sparrows

親雀パンくず分けしカフェテラス

slender sparrows there /
pieces of bred are shared /
in shade of cafeterias ///

睡蓮 - lotus

睡蓮の時代を経たる潔さ

Standing noble and soundless /
Lotus has been existing /
from generation to generation///

白椿 - white camellia

白椿首永らえて春の暮れ

white camellias survive /
from drop by gravitation /

sigh at dusk in spring ///

朝露 - morning dewdrops

朝露も日一日と梅の花

morning dewdrops bring /
bloom for plum trees /
from day to day ///

雛祭り - girls' festival

雛祭り母娘の歳の差縮まりぬ

on the girls' festival day /
mother and daughter celebrate it /
generation gap has

南洲 - Nanshu Saigou

南洲の視線をたどり春の空

following the direction /
of Nanshu Saigo's vision /
sky of spring is just high ///

豆腐売り - tofu seller

豆腐売り笛音と消える春小路

together with phone tone /
a tofu seller disappears into /
a narrow street in spring ///

大仏と現世 - great Buddha

春巡り大仏知らぬ背の現世

spring is here again /
a great Biddha statue never notices /
its backyard reality ///

梅切り花 - plum blossom

季巡り旧交暖む梅の鉢

a season turned around /
drink with a old friend /
plum blossoms enchant this time and place ///

七福神 - seven gods

七福は五蘊と道連れ春谷中

seven gods and goddess bring /

five wishes and worries /

along with journey to Yanaka in spring ///

春の雪 - snow in spring

春の雪天網恢恢粗に密に

coarse as well as condense / seers observation is prevalent / snow is falling in spring ///

植替え - replant

植替えし花落ち着きて風そよぐ
replanted into new planters /
flowers sigh deeply /
and breeze touches them softly ///

魔除け獅子 - charm of lion

魔除け獅子寒の戻りの長き夜

the legend charm of lion sees/
long lasting night /
when coldness backed ///

如月 - February

如月や乗り換え駅で振り返り
reflecting the way past /
in mid-February /
at a terminal station ///

溶鉄 - melted iron

鉄溶けし八十七年忘る春

iron melt down /
some eighty seven years ago /
just spring is felt ///

六本木 - roppongi

人も居ぬ坂道緩く春近し

scarecely are people found /
slow slope continues /
spring is almost here ///

東京慰霊堂 - Tokyo memorial tower

年月を重ねし慰霊の小春空

year after year /
memories sill last /
see winter sky show little spring ///
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立春 - spring on calendar

春立つも知らず飛梅訪ねけり

not knowing /

it is spring on calendar /

visited tobi-ume, fling plum here ///

年内立春

（2月6日：日経夕刊　国際高等研究所長　尾池　和夫氏コラムより）

　今年の立春は2月4日。陰暦ではまだ12月21日ということで、旧正月の前に立春が来ることを「年内立春」という。年内立春は「冬」の季語とされている。同様に旧暦の大晦日の立春「除日立春」も冬の季語。「元日立春」は新年の季語。
　「立春」は春の季語で、歳時記では「立春」から「立夏」の前日までを春として編集する。

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　右の写真は1月24日に横浜三渓園へ「探梅」として散策した際に撮影した物。「小春」日和のいい天気。「探梅」も「小春」の冬の季語。

　今週末は、北海道・東北・北陸の大雪が報じられた。三寒四温を来週以降は実感することになるのだろう。

　　

如月の雪 - snow in Feb.

如月の足音軽く雪をゆく
footsteps are light /
on February snow /
just walk by ///

雪 - falling snow

冬空は奈辺か雪は舞い落ちる
i wonder where is sky /
only snow /
dancing and falling down ///

みらい都市 - future metropolis

みらい都市海風そよか春を待つ

breeze from the sea /

future metropolis is /

waiting for spring

竹林 - bamboo trees

竹林は冬陽背おいて迷いなし

quiet bamboo trees /

radiation with their back /

no sign of annoyment ///

寒戻り - refreezing

歩き果て見知らぬ街の寒戻り
walked and walked /
find myself at the unknown corner /
refreezing coldness is still there ///

梅一輪- one plum flower

春を待つはやる心に梅一輪

long waiting for /

spring to come /

there see a white plum flower bloom ///

三渓園 - Sankei garden

春近く三渓園に鳥遊ぶ

spring is near /

in a pond of Sankei garden /

waterbirds enjoy it ///

梅の香 - plum blossom

梅の香と伝える妻の歩は軽く

in searching for plum blossoms /

wife's walk turned to be faster /

calling me here come ///

冬陽 - winter sunlight

冬陽あり旧交の輪に娘（こ）も入る

winter sunlight as showers /

welcome a visit of an old friend /

daughter joins into it ///

都心 - metropolice

春隣休みの都心空広し

approaching spring is in neighbour /

at center of a metropolice on weekend /

sky is wide open ///

電波塔 - tower of Tokyo

遠ざかる足音残り冬の塔
friends have left /
remains memories /
see the tower of Tokyo over there///

小径 - road to somewhere

冬小径気質に与う耐え忍び

winter road lead /

someone to somewhere /

nothing is given from it ///

摂氏零度 - zero centigrade

空青く摂氏零度は目の痛み

the blue sky spreads /

and surroundings are under zero centigrade /

sharpen eyes with pain ///

初春 - new spring

初春の小さき香り駅花屋
a faint fragrance /
of new spring comes/
from a station flower shop ///

マネキン - mannequin

マネキンの各が各向く冬の窓

each mannequin has its eyes /

sees different directions /

in a winter show window ///

ネオン樹 - neon trees

ネオン樹は無性の華の冬の宴

Neon trees bloom /

at their best of winter /

with countless gender-free flowers ///

葉牡丹 - ornamental cabbage

葉牡丹の分限知りたる白さかな

For a role of a sharp contrast /

ornamental cabbages display whiteness /

as if they are drawing canvas///

街灯 - streetlight

冬曇り鳩も街灯居場所分け

A cloudy winter day /

pigeons share their places /

on a streetlight ///

小春 - Small Spring

流れ雲木々をまぎらす小春の間

As clouds go by slowly /

trees breathe and take rest /

on a small Spring morning ///

鈍色 - glinting surface

鈍色の川面は初陽と祈り受く

The surface of a river /

glints with sun then welcomes /

prayers in New Year ///

残照 - pale moon

冬籠りしたや残照清き月

A morning moon reflects /

pale shine on me /

incline to winter seclusion ///

発会 - New year talk

足取りも軽し年初の夜の道

The way to the next bar /

two gentlemen walk fast /

at new year welcoming meeting///

青月 - blue moon

青月は去らず豊かに夜満ちる

A blue moon stays there /

the night is fulfilled /

with a sense of fertility ///

初詣 - First pray

初詣　老若男女　我祈る

The first visit of the year/

old, young, men and women crowded/

I pray some with these people///

冬樹 - Lasting generations

知る人もなき生き続く木々の冬

No one knows /

how long they will exist /

trees outlive through winter ///

富士山 - Mt.Fuji

冬富士は　孤高に聳え　揺るぎなし

Mt. Fuji in winter /

exists there solemnly /

reflects one's heart ///