Kanji

雨

rain

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

雨部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あめ, あま-, -さめ

Nanori (Name Reading)

さめ, ふる

Common Readings

ウ, あま, あめ

Example sentences

あめ
激しい 降っている ので 出られない

Since it's raining heavily, I can't go outside.

から から
降っている から 持っていく

Since it's raining, I'll take an umbrella.

大雨 おおあめ
昨夜 から 大雨 近く 増水 している

Due to the heavy rain since last night, the nearby river is rising.

というのは というのは
遅れた というのは 大雨 せい

The reason I'm late is because of the heavy rain.

雨粒 あまつぶ
大きな 雨粒 残っていた

In the morning, large raindrops remained on the window.

豪雨 ごうう
昨夜 豪雨 水位 急激 上昇 した

The river's water level rose rapidly due to last night's heavy rain.

遭う あう
昨日 帰り道 突然 豪雨 遭って ずぶ濡れ なってしまった

Last night, I got caught in a sudden heavy rain on my way home and was drenched to the skin.

梅雨 つゆ
今年 梅雨 長かった

This year's rainy season was long.

明ける あける
梅雨 明けて 本格的 始まった

The rainy season ended, and full-scale summer began.

雨宿り あまやどり
雨宿り する

I take shelter from the rain under a tree.

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