Today is Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日). Autumnal is an adjective (形容詞) for autumn, which we also call fall (秋). The word equinox comes from Latin (ラテン語): "equi" means "equal" and "nox" means "night." Although daytime and nighttime are equal today, unfortunately (残念ながら), the days will get shorter from tomorrow until the winter solstice (冬至) on December 22nd. They will then gradually (徐々に) get longer and even out again when Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日) arrives on March 20, 2020.
Hanging in the balance, I remain,
Unequivocally yours,
Alan
