Rain and rhythmSourced
Japan · Japanese meaning
The fifth month follows an older calendar
Samidare refers to prolonged rain around the fifth month of the traditional lunar calendar, rather than simply modern May. It also has a figurative sense of something continuing gradually and intermittently.
A rain word can describe the rhythm of events.
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