NichiDict

季語

きご
[kigo]

Meanings

1.Noun

seasonal word (in haiku)

Examples

俳句には必ず季語を入れる。

Haiku must always include a seasonal word.

花火は夏の季語としてよく使われる。

Fireworks are often used as a seasonal word for summer.

俳句を作るため、彼は季語の辞典で秋の季語を探した。

To compose a haiku, he looked up autumn seasonal words in a kigo dictionary.