走はしり梅雨づゆ

noun

pre-rainy-season showers; unstable weather before the rainy season

Refers to the showery, unsettled weather that often occurs in May, before the main 梅雨 (rainy season) sets in. A seasonal word (季語) for early summer.

See also: 梅雨

• 今年ことしは走はしり梅雨づゆが長ながくて、すっきりしない天てん気きが続つづいている。

  This year the pre-rainy-season showers have been long, and the unsettled weather continues.

• 走はしり梅雨づゆの時じ期きは、洗せん濯たく物ものが乾かわきにくくて困こまる。

  During the pre-rainy-season showers, laundry doesn't dry easily, which is a problem.