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• A very classical list for 濃茶 🥱
• A list of 禅 words, which I find useful to discover some less common 御名

I like to use seasonally tinted 御銘 for 濃茶, but here are some that are “pure” in that sense and that I like to use:

• 無事(ぶじ), suggested by AS19. Always works, similarly to 無一物。
• For KM23, I used 疑団(ぎだん), which is the doubt that pushes the monks to continue their study.
• In Hurtebise 22, I used 無感情（むかんじょ）. MD really liked it. I think it's great whenever the seasons are strongly felt.
• Also in Hurtebise 22, I came up with 一炷(いっしゅ), 1 incense length (because the 坐禅's time felt very long).
• 再会(さいかい), meeting again, which Fujiyo used in IV 23 when we practised together.
• 慈眼(じげん), the merciful eye of Buddha, which IR used in XI 24
• 如意 (にょい), the ceremonial backscatcher carried by Buddhist monks.

• A great list covering all 12 months
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• 雲水（うんすい）I used in April, when we were using the 旅箪笥. It describes the monks that are traveling, so I thought it was fitting.

• the flower petals forming a boat on the water surface (花筏, はないかだ)
• リスの尻尾（りすのしっぽ), the tail of a squirrel (which I wanted to use with HY 25).
• 白嵐 (KM suggested that pink might be better, but we didn't find a poetic colour word) from the poem:

みよし野の　高嶺の桜　散りにけり
嵐もしろき　春のあけぼの
The cherry blossoms on Yoshino’s high peaks have fallen away;
even the wind that scattered them looks white in the spring dawn.

• 落椿 (which reminds me of the poem I used in Japanese class: 落としたか　落ちたか　路の椿かな)
• I have these 乾山 plates, on which the April one references 百人一首 № 2. From this, 白妙(しろたえ), for example, would make a good, simple 御銘. There's also a sweet where a もち is simply wrapped in a green bamboo leaf by that name.

春すぎて　夏来にけらし　白妙(しろたへ)の 衣干すてふ　天(あま)の香具山(かぐやま)
Spring has gone, summer suddenly came. On Mount Kagu white clothes hanging to dry

• 神の声（かみのこえ）, heard it used during summer when there was thunder, which was quite dramatic.
• I'd like to use 森林欲（しんりんよく）, forest bathing, at some point. Not sure if it's good, but it sounds like a good one to me.

• I used 勝虫(かちむし) for 薄茶, and correspondliny 不転心(ふてんしん) for 濃茶. The latter is the mind that knows no return once he steps on the path of enlightenment. It's more commonly known as 不退(ふたい), but I can remember the former more easily.

• 空蝉（うつせみ）: The name is a pun in several ways:
  • First, in itself, the shell of the locust is quite a poetic symbol. We need to leave our former selves behind to grow.
  • But it is also the name of a character in the Tale of Genji; a lady that is not necessarily beautiful, but impressed Prince Genji with her stout behaviour and good taste.
  • Lastly, however, the word 空蝉 itself is interesting. It usually means a living being in general, instead of the locust shell. This is because the characters used to write this word were added ex-post for their sounds rather than their meaning; and with time, the word also got the meaning of hollow locust
  • With circadas being a strong summer motif, this name might be most suitable in summer; but with the more philosophical interpretation of its name, it also lends itself to all-year use for thick tea.
• 網代笠 (あじろがさ）: The thick wickerwork hats monks wear on their pilgrimages to protect them from the rain. Suitable for the rainy season, but also with Zen undertones.
• I like 不染(ふぜん) in 2026 for 貴人. It like the lotus that comes out without pollution through the mud.
• 白的的(はくてきてき), which TGS used in 2026. It's the purest white and clarity of mind.
• During one お稽古 after having discussed the sound a 楽茶碗 should make with a local potter, I wanted to use 銀鈴 (the silver bell). KM26 misunderstood it to mean silver mountain range (銀嶺), but that one is more often used in winter. She then suggested to use 雲の峰(くも　の　みね) from 「雲の峰いくつ崩れて月の山 芭蕉」(Cloud peaks breaking・The moon over the mountain)

• During Hurtebise 22, I used a Genji chapter (はなちろさと), because it was raining heavily, and the chapter describes how Genji retires with some old ladies to bask in the days of yore.
• For 七夕, there's heaps, but 星の涙(ほし　の　なみだ) certainly has some drama 🥲
• I used 無言橋 for my 茶事, which I think fits with 七夕.
• KM used 解夏(げげ), which is what they call the end of a 4-month Zen retreat that finishes on 15 VII.
• I used りょくいん when I did 葉蓋. It's the green that covers you in a forest walk.
• AY26 thought it was a nice idea to use 蚊遣豚 for when we practised 茶箱 (it adds to the feeling of being outside).

• 奥山 or 鹿の声 from the 百人一首 5: 奥山に・紅葉　踏み分け・鳴く　鹿の・声　聞く　時ぞ・秋は　悲しき.

• I used 幽石（ゆうせき）for a 茶碗 and 清池（せいち）for a 茶杓 in November in お稽古. It felt a bit early, but I think it's quite nice.

• 無事: Menglin said it's a good one to use at the end of the year, because then people are without having things to do.