藪雨

Japanese
Kanji in this term
藪 雨
やぶ
Hyōgaiji		 さめ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 藪 (yabu, “bush”) +‎ 雨 (same, “rain”). Literally bush-rain, named after the way that light rainfall falls on a bush.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jabusame]

Noun

藪雨 (hiragana やぶさめ, rōmaji yabusame)

  1. a type of Old-World warbler; a Urosphena squameiceps, Asian stubtail
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