noun
southeasterly wind of early summer (lunar calendar)
A classical seasonal word (kigo) used in poetry and traditional almanacs. Refers to a warm, moist wind that blows around the fifth month of the old lunisolar calendar, associated with the folk belief that marine fish transform into tree sparrows at this time. Rare in modern everyday language.
黄雀風は、旧暦五月の季語として俳句に詠まれる。
Kōjakufū is used as a seasonal word for the fifth month of the old calendar in haiku.
古典では、黄雀風が吹くと魚が雀になると信じられていた。
In classical literature, it was believed that when the kōjakufū blew, fish turned into sparrows.