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五月蠅
さばえ
1. [n] [arch]
▶ flies swarming at the beginning of summer



History:
4. A 2020-05-29 00:36:34  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I thought I saw it in a non-archaic 
context but looking closer at the 
twitter/google results I think that was 
just "うるさい" without the い.
3. A* 2020-05-29 00:25:13  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
五月蠅が	No matches
五月蠅を	No matches
さばえが	28
さばえを	121
  Comments:
Not a literal gloss. This is a 熟字訓.
I think "May flies" could be misleading. 
Appears to be archaic.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>May flies</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">flies swarming in the fifth month of the lunar calendar</gloss>
2. A 2020-05-27 07:32:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr: 夏の初めに群がる蠅
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>flies swarming in the fifth month of the lunar calendar</gloss>
+<gloss>flies swarming at the beginning of summer</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">flies swarming in the fifth month of the lunar calendar</gloss>
1. A* 2020-05-25 04:48:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
五月蠅	51826
五月バエ	No matches
五月ばえ	No matches
  Comments:
daijs says 陰暦5月ごろ

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