蝉せみ時雨しぐれ

noun

chorus of cicadas; outburst of cicada singing

Idiomatic expression likening the loud, overlapping drone of many cicadas to the sound of a rain shower (時雨). Evokes a quintessential Japanese summer scene.

• 夏なつの午ご後ご、蝉せみ時雨しぐれがうるさいほどに響ひびいていた。

  On a summer afternoon, the chorus of cicadas was almost deafening.