五月蝿い in Japanese

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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. Etymology templates: {{juku|sort=うるさい}} jukujikun (熟字訓)

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"五月蝿い" meaning in Japanese

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