The Japanese word for rain is
雨
あめ - ameJapanese 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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