Vernal Equinox Day

Hi everybody,

Today is Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日). Vernal is an adjective (形容詞) for spring (春). The word equinox comes from Latin (ラテン語): "equi" means "equal" and "nox" means "night." With daytime and nighttime being equal today, we can look forward to (楽しみにする) longer (and warmer) days . . . until the summer solstice (夏至) on June 21st. The hours of daylight will then start to get shorter and even out again with those of darkness in September, when Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日) arrives to bring us back into balance.

See you at E-Style,

Alan