Word details

雨降り

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 雨降り.

Dictionary

Entry

雨降りふりFreq #44958
1

Common noun

rainfall; rainy weather; rain

Examples
私たちは雨降りにもかかわらず、外出した。
We went out in spite of the rain.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

rainy; wet

Examples
ある雨降りの朝、目が覚めてみると有名になっていた。
One rainy morning I woke up to find myself famous.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

rain

8 strokesFrequency 950JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

あめあま--さめ

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

10 strokesFrequency 596JLPT N2Grade 6

On

コウ

Kun

お.りるお.ろすふ.るふ.りくだ.るくだ.す

Nanori

ふりふる

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