First Dream of the Year

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English

Japanese

Japanese people often forecast the year’s fortune from the contents of Hatsuyume.

新年を迎えてから初めて見る夢を、初夢と言います。

There is the saying “Ichi fuji ni taka san nasu,” which represents highly auspicious tokens in Hatsuyume.

日本では、初夢の内容で1年の吉凶を占う風習があります。

This means that the most auspicious one is Mount Fuji, the second one is a hawk, and the third one is an eggplant.

初夢に見ると縁起が良いものを表す諺に「一富士二鷹三茄子」というものがあります。

Also, dreams of death, disaster, excrement and blood also seem to auspicious.

最も縁起の良いものが富士山、次が鷹、三番目が茄子という意味です。

On the other hand, dreams to be encouraged by oneself and to be chased seem to be bad.

また、死ぬ夢や震災の夢、排泄物や血の夢も縁起が良いそうです。

In my Hatsuyume, I was riding my road bike with old friends.

自分に励まされる夢や追いかけられる夢は悪い夢だそうです。