季語(きご) きご noun seasonal word 1. seasonal word A word or phrase associated with a particular season, used as a requirement in traditional haiku poetry. 俳句(はいく)には季語(きご)が必要(ひつよう)だ。🔊 Haiku require a seasonal word. 桜(さくら)は春(はる)の季語(きご)です。🔊 Cherry blossoms are a spring seasonal word. 季語(きご)を入(い)れないと俳句(はいく)にならない。🔊 Without a seasonal word, it doesn't count as haiku. 季語(きご) is a word that indicates a specific season, required in traditional 俳句(はいく) (haiku) and 連歌(れんが) (linked verse).Seasonal categories春(はる) (spring): 桜(さくら), 梅(うめ), 花見(はなみ)夏(なつ) (summer): 蝉(せみ), 花火(はなび), 西瓜(すいか)秋(あき) (autumn): 紅葉(もみじ), 月(つき), 虫(むし)の声(こえ)冬(ふゆ) (winter): 雪(ゆき), 霜(しも), 炬燵(こたつ)Related words歳時記(さいじき): seasonal almanac that catalogues 季語(きご) Related Words Related: 俳句(はいく) (haiku) Related: 歳時記(さいじき) (seasonal almanac that catalogues) Related: 切(き)れ字(じ) (cutting word (in haiku)) general Added 2026.2.3 9:29 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01 09500/09561_kigo