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): [ko̞ha̠ɾɯ̟bʲijo̞ɾʲi]

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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN