晴れ間

はれま

Also written 晴間, 霽れ間

Meanings

1. Noun break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather
2. patch of blue sky
3. period of serenity

Kanji

• 晴 clear up. Read as はれ.
• 間 interval. Read as ま.

Example sentences

• 暗雲が立ちこめていた後には、すっきりとした晴れ間になる。
  After dark clouds, you get periods of refreshing clear weather.
• 梅雨の晴れ間に洗濯物を干すと気分はもう夏でした。
  Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.

Words containing 晴れ間

• 春に３日の晴れ間なし (はるにみっかのはれまなし) good weather never lasts for three days in spring

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