時じ雨うの化か

expression, noun

benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

A classical Chinese-derived phrase (成語) praising a ruler's virtue as being like a timely rain that nurtures all things. Rare in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts.

• 「時じ雨うの化か」は、君くん主しゅの恵めぐみ深ぶかい政せい治じを時じ雨うにたとえた言こと葉ばである。

  時雨の化 is a phrase that likens a sovereign's benevolent governance to a timely rain.