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Micro-season 53 of 72Frost Falls

Light Rain Comes and Goes

霎時施こさめときどきふる

時雨が降ったりやんだりする

AutumnOctober 28〜November 1

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In English

Short showers pass through and stop again. Japanese has a special word, shigure, for this late-autumn rain that never settles into a real downpour.

にわか雨が降ってはやむ。この晩秋の通り雨には「時雨」という専用の言葉がある。

The solar term it belongs to

Frost FallsそうこうSoko means "frost falls." The first frost appears in the mountains and the autumn leaves turn in earnest. Kotatsu tables and heaters come out of storage.

Japanese culture around October