暮ぼ秋しゅう

noun

late autumn; late fall

Refers to the end of autumn, typically around November in the modern calendar. Used in poetic or literary contexts.

• 暮ぼ秋しゅうの候こう、皆みな様さまにはますますご清せい栄えいのこととお喜よろこび申もうし上あげます。

  In this late autumn season, I hope you are all doing well.

noun

ninth month of the lunar calendar

Obsolete term corresponding to the ninth month of the old lunar calendar (roughly October in the modern calendar).

See also: 長月

• 旧きゅう暦れきでは、暮ぼ秋しゅうは長なが月つきとも呼よばれた。

  In the old lunar calendar, the ninth month was also called 長月.