狐の嫁入り
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 狐 | 嫁 | 入 |
| きつね Hyōgai |
よめ Grade: S |
い Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
Literally, “the fox's wedding”. Compare Northern Kurdish daweta gur û rovî (literally “wedding of a wolf and a fox”) and Finnish ketut kylpevät (literally “the foxes are bathing”) for the ‘sun shower’ senses.
Pronunciation
Noun
狐の嫁入り • (kitsune no yomeiri)
- kitsune no yomeiri, a procession of kitsunebi
- sun shower (rain shower that occurs while the sun is shining)