時雨

しぐれ じう

drizzle, shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter

蝉

せみ せび セミ

cicada, locust

叢時雨

むらしぐれ くさむらしぐれ

autumn shower, fall shower

梅雨時

つゆどき

wet season, rainy season

初時雨

はつしぐれ

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

春時雨

はるしぐれ

spring rain, spring shower, spring drizzle

時雨煮

しぐれに

seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy

時雨月

しぐれづき

tenth lunar month

時雨忌

しぐれき

Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

小夜時雨

さよしぐれ

light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter

黄身時雨

きみしぐれ

var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

時雨模様

しぐれもよう

showery sky, (it is) looking showery

時雨の化

じうのか

benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

夏蝉

なつぜみ なつせみ

summer cicadas

松蝉

まつぜみ

cicada abundant in late spring

熊蝉

くまぜみ クマゼミ

Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)

春蝉

はるぜみ ハルゼミ

spring cicada (Terpnosia vacua)

秋蝉

あきぜみ しゅうせん

cicadas that sing when autumn comes

初蝉

はつぜみ

first sound of cicadas of the year