時雨の雨

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Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 1 あめ
Grade: 1
jukujikun kun'yomi

Etymology

時雨 +‎ +‎

Noun

時雨 (sigure no2 ame2) (kana しぐれのあめ)

  1. a rainshower in late autumn or early winter
    Synonym: 時雨 (sigure)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 2180:
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      九月鍾禮乃雨丹沾通春日之山者色付丹來
      nagatuki2 no2 sigure no2 ame2 ni nuretopori Kasuga-no2-yama pa iro2duki1nike1ri
      The long month―and the seasonal chill rains come drenching down: now in Kasuga the hills begin to tinge with color.[1]

References

  1. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 676