星霜

Japanese

Etymology

seisau > seisɔː > seisoː. Literally "stars and frost", from the throught that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [seisoː], IPA: [seːsoː]

Noun

星霜 (hiragana せいそう, romaji seisō, historical hiragana せいさう)

1. time, years
2. one year

See also

• 年月 (nengetsu)
• 歳月 (saigetsu)