五月雨さみだれ雲ぐも

noun

rainy season cloud

Archaic term for clouds seen during the rainy season (五月雨, samidare). Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered in classical literature or poetry.

• 五さ月みだ雨雲れぐもが空そらを覆おおい、長なが雨あめが続つづいた。

  Rainy season clouds covered the sky, and the long rain continued.