時雨の雨

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	雨	雨
Grade: 2	Grade: 1	あめ Grade: 1
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

時雨 +‎ の +‎ 雨

Noun

時雨の雨 (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:
     , text here

     九月乃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.