noun
rainy season; wet season
Refers to the period of the East Asian rainy season, typically early summer in Japan. Often used in contexts like weather, seasonal greetings, or planning.
梅雨時は洗濯物が乾きにくい。
Laundry is hard to dry during the rainy season.
梅雨時にはカビが生えやすいので注意が必要だ。
You need to be careful because mold tends to grow during the rainy season.
Compound of 梅雨 (tsuyu, 'rainy season') + 時 (doki, 'time'). The reading つゆ for 梅雨 is a sound shift from the older reading ばいう (baiu), which itself comes from Chinese.