晩ばん冬とう

adverb, noun

late winter

Refers to the latter part of winter, roughly February in the modern calendar. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

• 晩ばん冬とうの寒さむさがまだ厳きびしい。

  The cold of late winter is still severe.

• 晩ばん冬とうにこの花はなが咲さく。

  This flower blooms in late winter.

adverb, noun

twelfth month of the lunar calendar

Obsolete term for the twelfth month of the old lunar calendar, corresponding roughly to modern January. Cross-referenced with 師走.

See also: 師走

• 旧きゅう暦れきでは、晩ばん冬とうは師走しわすにあたる。

  In the old calendar, 晩冬 corresponds to the twelfth month (師走).