霽せい月げつ

noun

moon shining in a rain-cleansed sky

A poetic, literary term evoking the clear, bright moon after rain has washed the sky. Rare in modern everyday language; found in classical poetry and elevated prose.

• 「霽せい月げつ」は、雨あめ上あがりの澄すんだ夜よ空ぞらに浮うかぶ月つきを指さす詩し的てきな言こと葉ばだ。

  霽月 is a poetic word for the moon floating in the clear night sky after rain.