Word Meaning 初時雨

はつしぐれ hatsushigure

初時雨 is read as はつしぐれ (hatsushigure) and means the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter.

Meaning

English

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

Reading

Kana

はつしぐれ

Romaji

hatsushigure

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 91817 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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clear, with brief light rain

時雨

じう

rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter

黄身時雨

きみしぐれ

var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

群時雨

むらしぐれ

autumn shower

小夜時雨

さよしぐれ

light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter

春時雨

はるしぐれ

spring rain

蝉時雨

せみしぐれ

outburst of cicadas singing

時雨の化

じうのか

benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

時雨模様

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showery sky

梅雨時

つゆどき

wet season

時雨煮

しぐれに

seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy

時雨忌

しぐれき

Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)