師走しわす

noun

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

Traditional Japanese name for the twelfth month. In modern usage, it poetically refers to December, but historically it designated the last month of the lunar calendar (roughly late December to early February).

• 師走しわすに入いり、街まちは年ねん末まつの慌あわただしさに包つつまれている。

  With the arrival of December, the streets are filled with the year-end bustle.

• 旧きゅう暦れきの師走しわすは今いまの一いち月がつから二に月がつにあたる。

  The twelfth month of the old lunar calendar corresponds to January or February today.