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五月晴れ (さつきばれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

五月さつき晴ばれ

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Meanings

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noun

fine weather during the rainy season

Refers to clear, sunny weather that appears during the 梅雨 (rainy season), typically in June. Often used poetically or in weather forecasts.

今日きょうは五月さつき晴ばれで、気き持もちのいい一いち日にちになりそうだ。
Today is a fine day during the rainy season, and it looks like it will be a pleasant day.
梅雨つゆの合あい間まの五月さつき晴ばれを狙ねらって、洗せん濯たくをした。
Taking advantage of the sunny break in the rainy season, I did the laundry.

Written forms

五月さつき晴ばれUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
さつきばれUsage5%
五さ月つき晴ばれ
Variant without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
皐月さつき晴ばれ
Uses the ateji 皐月 for さつき; literary or stylistic variant.
さつき晴ばれ
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.

Kanji

五five
月month, moon
晴clear up
皐swamp, shore, fifth month

Similar words

梅雨つゆ
梅雨 is the rainy season itself, while 五月晴れ is the fine weather that occasionally occurs during that season.
五ご月がつ
五月 (ごがつ) means May in the Gregorian calendar, but 五月晴れ (さつきばれ) uses the old lunar calendar name for the fifth month, which corresponds to the rainy season in June.

Etymology

五月 (さつき) is an old name for the fifth month of the lunar calendar, corresponding to the modern rainy season. 晴れ (ばれ) means clear weather. The compound refers to sunny spells during the rainy season.