狐の嫁入り

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Japanese[edit]

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Kanji in this term
きつね
Hyōgaiji
よめ
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • (Tokyo) つねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) つねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméíríꜜ] (Odaka – [8])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲit͡sɨᵝne̞ no̞ jo̞me̞iɾʲi]

Noun[edit]

(きつね)(よめ)() (kitsune no yomeiri

  1. kitsune no yomeiri, a procession of kitsunebi
  2. sun shower (rain shower that occurs while the sun is shining)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN