半はん夏げ

noun

crow dipper; Pinellia tuber

A plant (Pinellia ternata) used in traditional Chinese medicine. This sense is usually written in kana.

See also: カラスビシャク

• はんげは漢かん方ぽう薬やくに使つかわれる植しょく物ぶつです。

  Crow dipper is a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine.

noun

11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

Abbreviation of 半夏生. A traditional marker in the agricultural calendar, falling around early July. The term is used in seasonal haiku and farming contexts.

See also: 半夏生

• 半はん夏げの頃ころには田た植うえを終おえる農のう家かが多おおい。

  Many farmers finish rice planting around the time of the 11th day after the summer solstice.