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Japanese Spider Lily: A Beautiful Flower With a Deep Meaning

日本にほんのとてもあつい夏なつが終おわって、秋あきが近ちかづいてきました!秋あきにも、きれいな花はながあります🌹
それは「彼岸花ひがんばな」です。9月がつごろ、田たんぼの近ちかくや川かわの近ちかくで、彼岸花ひがんばなを見みることができます。赤あかい花はながたくさん咲さくと、とてもきれいです✨

「彼岸ひがん」は、先祖せんぞを思おもう時期じきです。彼岸花ひがんばなは、秋あきのお彼岸ひがんのころに咲さくので、「彼岸花ひがんばな」と言いいます。「曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげ」という別べつの名前なまえもあります。お彼岸ひがんは、春はると秋あきにあります。秋あきのお彼岸ひがんは、9月がつの終おわりごろです。

彼岸花ひがんばなには、少すこしとくべつなイメージがあります。日本にほんでは、昔むかしから彼岸花ひがんばなはお墓はかの近ちかくにもありました。そのため、「死し」や「別わかれ」をイメージする人ひともいます😢でも、彼岸花ひがんばなの花言葉はなことばには、「また会あう日ひを楽たのしみにする」や「想おもうはあなたひとり」という意味いみがあります。大切たいせつな人ひとを思おもう気持きもちや、また会あいたいという気持きもちをあらわすこともできます😌

彼岸花ひがんばなの時期じきには、たくさんの彼岸花ひがんばなを見みに行いく人ひともいます!ちょうちょも彼岸花ひがんばなにあつまります🦋9月がつに日本にほんに来くる人ひとは、ぜひ彼岸花ひがんばなを探さがしてみてください。田たんぼや川かわの近ちかくで、きれいな彼岸花ひがんばなを見みることができるかもしれませんよ☺️

English Translation

Japan’s very hot summer is coming to an end, and autumn is getting closer! There are also beautiful flowers to enjoy in autumn.
One of them is the spider lily, called higanbana in Japanese. Around September, you can see spider lilies near rice fields and rivers. When many red flowers bloom together, they are absolutely beautiful.

“Higan” is a time when people remember their ancestors. Spider lilies bloom around the autumn equinox period, so they are called “higanbana.” They also have another name: manjushage. Japan has higan in both spring and autumn. The autumn higan is around the end of September.

Spider lilies have a somewhat special image in Japan. Since long ago, spider lilies have also been found near graves. Because of this, some people associate them with death or parting.
However, spider lilies also have flower meanings such as “looking forward to the day we meet again” and “thinking of only you.” They can also express feelings of thinking about someone important to you and wanting to see them again.

During spider lily season, many people go to see fields full of spider lilies! Butterflies also gather around the flowers.
If you visit Japan in September, be sure to look for spider lilies. You might be able to see beautiful red spider lilies near rice fields and rivers!

Vocabulary List

彼岸花(ひがんばな)— spider lily / red spider lily
秋(あき)— autumn
暑い(あつい)— hot
夏(なつ)— summer
終わる(おわる)— to end / finish
近づく(ちかづく)— to approach / get closer
きれい — beautiful / pretty
花(はな)— flower
9月(くがつ)— September
田んぼ(たんぼ)— rice field
近く(ちかく)— nearby / near
川(かわ)— river
赤い(あかい)— red
たくさん — many / a lot
咲く(さく)— to bloom
彼岸(ひがん)— a period for remembering ancestors
先祖(せんぞ)— ancestor
思う(おもう)— to think of / feel
時期(じき)— time / period
お彼岸(おひがん)— Buddhist period around the equinox
曼珠沙華(まんじゅしゃげ)— another name for spider lily
特別(とくべつ)— special
昔(むかし)— long ago / the past
お墓(おはか)— grave
そのため — because of that / therefore
死(し)— death
別れ(わかれ)— parting / separation
花言葉(はなことば)— flower meaning / language of flowers
また会う(またあう)— to meet again
楽しみにする(たのしみにする)— to look forward to
大切(たいせつ)— important / precious
気持ち(きもち)— feeling
表す(あらわす)— to express / represent
時期(じき)— season / period
見に行く(みにいく)— to go see
集まる(あつまる)— to gather
ちょうちょ — butterfly
探す(さがす)— to look for
見ることができる(みることができる)— can see / be able to see


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