The Japanese word for rain is
雨
あめ - ame
Japanese Definition
| rain | |
| 1. 名詞. 雨。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 雨期、雨季。 | |
| 3. 動詞. (自動詞)雨が降る | |
| 4. 動詞. (自動詞)雨のように降る、注ぐ、こぼれる | |
| 5. 動詞. (他動詞)（雨が降るように）あびせる |
Translations for rain and their definitions
| 雨 | |
| 1. n. rain, rainfall | |
| 一雨ごとに春が来る - spring nears by each rainfall | |
| 2. n. a rainy weather | |
| 3. n. (figurative) something falling like rain | |
| 4. n. Usage: * In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same. It is unclear if this leading (IPAchar, /s/) is indicative of an earlier same, or if this was an w, epenthesis for euphony to avoid | |
| 5. affix. rain | |
| 6. affix. (figuratively) something falling like rain | |
| 7. affix. (figuratively) favor, blessing |
| 雨が降る | |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to rain |
| 雨下 | |
| 1. n. raining (of actual rain) | |
| 2. n. rain (of e.g. bullets, mortar, etc) | |
| 3. v. rain (of actual rain) | |
| 4. v. rain (of e.g. bullets, mortar, etc) |
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