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- samidare 五月雨 -
lit. "rain in the fifth lunar month" 五月雨 samidare
according to the old lunar calendar. Now it refers mostly to the rain during the Rainy Season (from mid-june to mid-july).
rain in the month of satsuki, satsuki ame 五月雨（さつきあめ）
also translated as
persistent summer rain,
summer rain / June rain / early summer rain (Haldane)
. rain in the fifth lunar month 五月雨 samidare .
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. samidare - Basho Archives SSS .
samidare ni tsuru no ashi mijikaku nareri
五月雨に鶴の足短くなれり
五月雨の降りのこしてや光堂
. samidare no furi nokoshite Hikari Doo .
(summer) rain during the rainy season. at the Golden Hall 光堂 in Hiraizumi
. samidare o atsumete hayashi Mogamigawa .
(summer) rain during the rainy season, river Mogamigawa 最上川, Hiraizumi
. samidare ya ryuutoo aguru Bantaroo .
(summer) "Dragon Lantern". flood warden
- depicting the flood prevention custom of the Edo period
. samidare ya shikishi hegitaru kabe no ato .
(summer) decoration card with poem. hole in the wall
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五月雨も瀬踏み尋ねぬ見馴河
samidare mo / sebumi tazune nu / Minare-gawa
river without a name
五月雨に隠れぬものや瀬田の橋
samidare ni kakurenu mono ya Seta no hashi .
(summer) rain during the rainy season. bridge at Seta, lake Biwa
五月雨に鳰の浮巣を見にゆかん
samidare ni / nio no uki su o / mi ni yukan
grebe bird
五月雨に御物遠や月の顏
samidare ni / on mono dō ya / tsuki no kao
face of the moon
五月雨の空吹き落せ大井川
samidare no / sora fukio otose / Ōi-gawa
River Oigawa
五月雨は滝降り埋むみかさ哉
samidare wa / taki furi uzumu / mikasa kana
waterfall
五月雨や蚕煩ふ桑の畑
. samidare ya kaiko wazurau kuwa no hata .
Basho compares himself to an ill silk worm
五月雨や桶の輪切るる夜の声
samidare ya / oke no wa kiruru / yoru no koe
barrel
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. rain in the fifth lunar month 五月雨 samidare .
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