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How do you read 時雨 in Japanese?
A passing shower of the season.
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Intermittent light rain in late autumn or early winter. Three hiragana beginning shi.
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時 from time followed by 雨 reading
時 and 雨 read in three hiragana
kanji for a passing late-autumn shower
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時: 10 strokes; radical 日 (sun). 雨: 8 strokes; radical 雨 (rain). Distinguish informal descriptions of the shape from the dictionary radical.
時10 strokes / radical: 日 (sun)
雨8 strokes / radical: 雨 (rain)
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The answer is
しぐれ
shigure
時雨
Understand the meaning
English translationA passing late-autumn or early-winter shower
Intermittent light rain around late autumn and early winter, a word that conveys the season as well as the weather.
See it in a sentence
時雨がやむのを待ってから、家路についた。I waited for the passing autumn shower to stop before heading home.
A way to remember
Read the pair shigure, not tokiame. Familiar characters can have a different reading as a word.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 時雨
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Read the season through the rain
時雨にぬれる and 時雨が過ぎる evoke a cooling season. Read them alongside descriptions of fallen leaves or the sky to imagine the atmosphere.
例：時雨のあと、落ち葉の積もる石段がしっとりと光っていた。
After the passing autumn shower, the leaf-covered stone steps shone with moisture.
Not every shower is shigure
Brief duration alone does not make every summer shower shigure. For the sense taught here, remember the late-autumn to early-winter setting as well.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 時雨
Explanation checked on 2026-10-25. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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