五月蝿い
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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五 | 月 | 蝿 |
うるさ | ||
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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五月蠅い (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
The spelling is a form of jukujikun (熟字訓), and is used in the novels of Natsume Soseki. The literal meaning of the spelling is 五月 (“May”, the month, normally read gogatsu) + 蝿 (“fly”, the insect, normally read hae) + い (i, a common adjective-forming suffix), from the way that annoying and noisy flies tend to swarm in May.[1]
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 五月蝿い – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 五月蝿い, is an alternative (less common) spelling of the above term.) |
References
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN