Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) さみだれ [sàmídáré] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠mida̠ɺ̠e̞]

Noun

五月雨 ‎(hiragana さみだれ, romaji samidare)

1. a heavy rain that occurs around the fifth lunar moon; an early summer rain
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 552)

     Samidare. サミダレ (五月雨) Goguatno ame. (五月の雨) Nagaxi (ながし)と呼ばれる, [陰暦]五月の雨.

2. that which repeats over and over without lasting long

Etymology 2

A compound of 五月 ‎(satsuki, “fifth lunar moon”) +‎ 雨 ‎(ame, “rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) さつきあ​め [sàtsúkíáꜜmè] (Nakadaka - [4])
• (Tokyo) さつき​あめ [sàtsúkíꜜàmè] (Nakadaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠t͡sɯᵝkʲia̠me̞]

Noun

五月雨 ‎(hiragana さつきあめ, romaji satsukiame)

1. a heavy rain that occurs around the fifth lunar moon; an early summer rain
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 560)

     Satçuqiame. (サツキアメ) (皐月雨) Samidare (五月雨)に同じ. [陰暦]五月の雨.

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.