時雨

See also: 时雨

Chinese
 
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 rain
trad. (時雨) 時 雨
simp. (时雨) 时 雨

Pronunciation

Noun

時雨

  1. timely rain

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
時 雨
し‎
Grade: 2		 Grade: 1
kan’on Irregular

From Old Japanese. Found in the Wamyō Ruijushō as 𩅧雨, and phonetically as 之久禮.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative form”) of classical verb 時雨る (shiguru),[1] modern 時雨れる (shigureru, “to rain a shower”). Possibly cognate with Okinawan なしぐり (nasiguri, “summer rain”).

Like its verb forms, the kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 時雨.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

時雨 (hiragana しぐれ, rōmaji shigure)

  1. rainshower in late summer, autumn, or early winter
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 2180), text here
      九 (なが)月 (つき)乃 (の)鍾 (しぐ)礼 (れ)乃 (の)雨 (あめ)丹 (に)沾 (ぬれ)通 (とほり)春日 (かすが)之 (の)山 (やま)者 (は)色付 (いろづき)丹 (に)来 (けり) [Man'yōgana]
      九月 (ながつき)のしぐれの雨 (あめ)に濡 (ぬ)れ通 (とほ)り春日 (かすが)の山 (やま)は色 (いろ)づきにけり [Modern spelling]
      nagatsuki no shigure no ame ni nure-tōri Kasuga-no-yama wa irozuki ni keri
      The long month―and the seasonal chill rains come drenching down: now in Kasuga the hills begin to tinge with color.[3]
  2. (by extension) drizzle, light rain
  3. Short for 時雨煮 (shigureni, “seafood preserve”).
  4. tears falling
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 時雨 (しぐれ)忌 (き) (Shigureki)
  • 時雨 (しぐれ)月 (づき) (shigurezuki)
  • 時雨 (しぐれ)煮 (に) (shigureni)
  • 時雨 (しぐれ)模 (も)様 (よう) (shigure moyō)
  • 黄 (き)身 (み)時雨 (しぐれ) (kimi shigure)
  • 小 (さ)夜 (よ)時雨 (しぐれ) (sayo shigure)
  • 蝉 (せみ)時雨 (しぐれ) (semishigure)
  • 初 (はつ)時雨 (しぐれ) (hatsushigure)
  • 春 (はる)時雨 (しぐれ) (harushigure)
  • 村 (むら)時雨 (しぐれ), 群 (むら)時雨 (しぐれ), 叢 (むら)時雨 (しぐれ) (murashigure)

Proper noun

時雨 (hiragana しぐれ, rōmaji Shigure)

  1. name of an 泡盛 (awamori, “Okinawan liquor made from rice or millet”)
  2. a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, see Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. A female given name
  4. A surname​.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
時 雨
じ
Grade: 2		 う
Grade: 1
goon

Appears to be derived from Middle Chinese 時雨 (MC d͡ʑɨ ɦɨoX). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

時雨 (hiragana じう, rōmaji jiu)

  1. timely or seasonable rain
  2. Synonym of しぐれ above
Derived terms
  • 時 (じ)雨 (う)の化 (か) (jiu no ka)

Proper noun

時雨 (hiragana じう, rōmaji Jiu)

  1. A female given name

References
  1. Yamada Bimyō (1893) Nihon Dai Jiten, Tokyo: Nihon Dai Jisho Hakkō-jo
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 676

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