蝉せみの羽は月づき

noun

sixth lunar month

A rare, poetic name for the sixth month of the lunar calendar, associated with the time when cicadas shed their wings. It is rare and cross-references 水無月, the more common name for the same month.

See also: 水無月

• 蝉せみの羽は月づきは、旧きゅう暦れき六ろく月がつの雅が称しょうの一ひとつである。

  蝉の羽月 is one of the elegant names for the sixth month of the lunar calendar.