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蝉: cicada

cicada
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Readings

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せみ

Read せみ; rendaku gives 油蝉 (あぶらぜみ). 蝉時雨 (せみしぐれ) is the sound of cicadas pouring down like rain.

Key words

蝉せみcicada
蝉時雨せみしぐれchorus of cicadas
油蝉あぶらぜみlarge brown cicada
空蝉うつせみcicada shell; this fleeting world

Example sentences

On summer vacation mornings, I wake up to the voices of cicadas.

The shrine grounds were wrapped in a chorus of cicadas.

A large brown cicada is buzzing in a tree in the park.

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