狐の嫁入り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狐 嫁 入
きつね
Hyōgai 		よめ
Grade: S 		い
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “the fox's wedding”. Compare Northern Kurdish daweta gur û rovî (literally “wedding of a wolf and a fox”) and Finnish ketut kylpevät (literally “the foxes are bathing”) for the ‘sun shower’ senses.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きつねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) きつねのよめいり [kìtsúné nó yóméíríꜜ] (Odaka – [8])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲit͡sɨne̞ no̞ jo̞me̞iɾʲi]

Noun

狐(きつね)の嫁(よめ)入(い)り • (kitsune no yomeiri) 

  1. kitsune no yomeiri, a procession of kitsunebi
  2. sun shower (rain shower that occurs while the sun is shining)

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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