愛あい日じつ

noun

winter daylight; winter sunlight

Rare literary term for the precious daylight or sunlight of winter, evoking a sense of cherishing the brief warmth.

• 古こ典てんでは「愛あい日じつ」が冬ふゆの貴き重ちょうな日ひ差ざしを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, 愛日 can refer to the precious sunlight of winter.

noun

cherishing each day; devotion to parents

Rare literary term; can mean striving to make the most of each day or, in a Confucian context, devotedly serving one's parents while they are alive.

• 「愛あい日じつ」という言こと葉ばには、親おや孝こう行こうの意い味みも込こめられている。

  The word 愛日 also carries the meaning of filial devotion.