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.

• 窓まどを開あけると、蝉せみ時雨しぐれが部屋へやの中なかにまで流ながれ込こんできた。

  When I opened the window, the sound of the cicada chorus poured into the room.