半夏生 hangeshō
1. Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
2. 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
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1. Was half-summer growth.; Was a temporary, fleeting existence.
1. Half-summer birthwort growing; Growing half-summer birthwort
1. Not half-summer birth.; Not a half-summer growing thing.
1. Not half-summer growing.; It's not *hanshage*.
1. Hanshaga sinh deshita was polite.; It was born in summer.
1. Not Hange (half-summer).; It is not Hange.
1. Wasn't half-summer.; Wasn't a half-summer plant.
1. It wasn't half-summer.; I wasn't born in mid-summer.
1. Wasn't half-summer.; Wasn't a half-summer plant.
1. Probably half-summer.; It will likely be half-summer.
1. Was not a half-summer adonis.; Was not a jack-in-the-pulpit.
1. If/when half-summer grass…; If half-summer grass were…
1. If/when half-summer grows; If half-summer grows
1. If/when summer arrives; If/when halcyon days come