{"id":10865,"date":"2026-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?p=10865"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:46:26","slug":"what-does-kouyou-feel-like-autumn-leaves-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?p=10865","title":{"rendered":"What Does \u201cKouyou\u201d Feel Like? \u2014 Autumn Leaves in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When autumn arrives in Japan, mountains, parks, temple gardens, and city streets begin to change color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaves turn red, orange, and gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \u201c<strong>Kouyou<\/strong>\u201d (\u3053\u3046\u3088\u3046 \/ \u7d05\u8449) is more than a change of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also a scene that moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaves fall quietly from the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dry leaves gather beneath our feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as we walk through them, autumn has a sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does \u201c<strong>Kouyou<\/strong>\u201d (\u3053\u3046\u3088\u3046) feel like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps three Japanese onomatopoeic expressions can help us step inside the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative; width:60%; margin:0 auto; text-align:center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=evsDS6aSGZ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/evsDS6aSGZ4\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:10px;\"> <div style=\"position:absolute; top:50%; left:50%; transform:translate(-50%,-50%); font-size:32px; color:white; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.6); padding:8px 12px; border-radius:50%;\">\u25b6<\/div> <\/a> <div style=\"margin-top:8px; font-weight:600;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=evsDS6aSGZ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:#78e2c8; text-decoration:none;\"> \u25b6 Watch on YouTube <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aka Aka (\u3042\u304b\u3042\u304b) \u2014 The Vivid Red<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aka aka\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Red leaves glow against the autumn sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAka aka\u201d expresses a vivid, striking redness \u2014 a color that seems rich and intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we think of <strong>Kouyou<\/strong>, this brilliant red is often one of the first things we see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is autumn announcing itself through color.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u3042\u308f\u305b\u3066\u8aad\u307f\u305f\u3044<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akaaka_main-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?p=9974\">What Is \u201cAka Aka\u201d? A Japanese Expression That Makes Red Feel More Vivid<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">Have you ever looked at a glowing fire or a brilliant sunset and felt that the color itself seemed alive? Japanese has a beautiful expression for scenes like&#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hara Hara (\u306f\u3089\u306f\u3089) \u2014 Leaves Falling One by One<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hara hara\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leaf lets go of a branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They drift downward, one after another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHara hara\u201d can describe small, light things falling gently and continuously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With k\u014dy\u014d, it captures a beautiful part of the season that a photograph cannot quite hold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the leaves are not only colorful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are already beginning to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u3042\u308f\u305b\u3066\u8aad\u307f\u305f\u3044<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hara_main2-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?p=1241\">What Is \u201cHara Hara\u201d? The Japanese Sound of Fluttering or Tension<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">Ever watched petals falling gently in the wind?Or felt your heart race during a tense movie scene?That\u2019s when the Japanese onomatopoeia \u201cHara Hara\u201d (\u306f\u3089\u306f\u3089&#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kasa Kasa (\u304b\u3055\u304b\u3055) \u2014 Autumn Beneath Our Feet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kasa kasa\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time we go out to enjoy the autumn colors, some of the leaves are no longer on the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are under our feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dry leaves rustle as we walk through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKasa kasa\u201d expresses that dry, light sound \u2014 and also the dry texture of the leaves themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So k\u014dy\u014d is not only something we see above us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can hear it beneath our feet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">\u3042\u308f\u305b\u3066\u8aad\u307f\u305f\u3044<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kasakasa_main-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?p=6559\">What Is \u201cKasa Kasa\u201d? The Japanese Sound of Dryness and Light Rustling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__excerpt\">Have you heard the soft sound of dried leaves brushing in the wind?Or felt your skin a little too dry after winter air? That\u2019s when the Japanese onomatopoeia&#8230;<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Beauty That Is Already Changing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring greenery can feel fresh, soft, and full of new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K\u014dy\u014d has a different kind of beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colors may be at their most brilliant just as the leaves are drying and beginning to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aka aka\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hara hara\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kasa kasa\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Color, movement, and sound are happening together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps that is part of what makes autumn leaves so moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their beauty does not stay still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kouyou_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kouyou_1.png 320w, https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kouyou_1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kouyou_1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Thought<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aka aka gives us the color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hara hara gives us the falling leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kasa kasa gives us the dry sound beneath our feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of these expressions means \u201ck\u014dy\u014d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But together, they bring us into an autumn landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aka aka\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the leaves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hara hara\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a few steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kasa kasa\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And suddenly, k\u014dy\u014d is no longer simply \u201cautumn leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is something we can see, hear, and feel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"p-blogParts post_content\" data-partsID=\"9660\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group puni-compact-category\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group puni-compact-category__heading\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"puni-compact-category__icon puni-compact-category__icon--cloud wp-block-paragraph\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u25c7<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading puni-compact-category__title\">More Words Explained Through Onomatopoeia<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"puni-compact-category__link wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\/?cat=46\">Explore Words Explained Through Onomatopoeia \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-button is-style-btn_normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/punipunidictionary.com\" class=\"swell-block-button__link\"><span>Home<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When autumn arrives in Japan, mountains, parks, temple gardens, and city streets begin to change color. 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