Autumn rain - Akisame

Japanese: 秋雨 - あきさめ

〘Noun〙 A long rainfall that falls in autumn. A long, light rainfall that follows the gloomy weather that continues from the end of August to the beginning of October. [Season: Autumn] *Yakumo Gosho (around 1242) 3 "The kind of thing Mitsutada refers to as akisame is a lovely thing." [Etymology] A word that originated from the association with "harusame." While "harusame" was often used in waka poetry as a word expressing a seasonal feeling, it seems that it was not considered a poetic word, as prohibited in "Yakumo Gosho." However, "akisame" is rarely seen in the ancient or middle ages, and only appears in the Thirteenth Collection after "Zoku Kokinshu" in the Middle Ages. "Akisame" appears in verse prose in the mid-modern haiku of Buson and others, where it is used together with "akisame."

Shu-u shiu... [autumn rain]

〘Noun〙 Rain that falls in autumn. Akisame. ※Keikokushu (827) vol. 13, Fouteifu Akisame (Autumn Rain) (Yamada Kotsugu) "Autumn rain is pure and clear, and in the morning _{the jade-like} _hall is filled with rain." ※Omoide no Ki (1900-01) (Tokutomi Roka) vol. 10 "The season of autumn rain has passed, and the season of autumn rain and jade has begun." (Book of Rites - Yue Ling)

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Japanese:

〘名〙秋に降る長雨。八月末から一〇月初めごろの間に陰鬱な天気が続き、それにつれて降る弱い長雨。《季・秋》※八雲御抄（1242頃）三「光忠が、あきさめなどいへるたぐひは、をかしきことなり」[語誌]「はるさめ」の連想から生じた語。「はるさめ」が季節感を表わす語として和歌に多用されたのに対して、「八雲御抄」で禁じているように歌ことばとは考えられなかったらしい。もっとも「秋の雨」も上代や中古ではほとんどみえず、中世になって「続古今集」以降の十三代集にみえる程度であった。「あきさめ」が韻文にみえるのは近世中期の蕪村らの俳諧で、そこでは「秋の雨」と共用されている。