Talk:師走
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Eirikr in topic Additional ref
In w:Azumanga Daioh the subtitles say Shiwasu is an old Japanese word for December. The characters for it mean "running" and "teacher". So "priest" and "teacher" is the same? --Ysangkok 20:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Additional ref
[edit]I haven't vetted it yet, but the JA WP article at w:ja:12月 includes a link to https://www.sanseido-publ.co.jp/publ/gen/gen2lang/nazenanij/pdf/sample386-387.pdf with some discussion of the term's origins. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 18:17, 17 December 2019 (UTC)