狐の嫁入り
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 狐 | 嫁 | 入 |
| きつね Hyōgai |
よめ Grade: S |
い 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) きつねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) きつねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméíríꜜ] (Odaka – [8])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲit͡sɨne̞ no̞ jo̞me̞iɾʲi]
Noun
[edit]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)
Synonyms
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- Japanese terms spelled with 狐 read as きつね
- Japanese terms spelled with 嫁 read as よめ
- Japanese terms spelled with 入 read as い
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