びしょびしょ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
びちょびちょ
ビショビショ
ビチョビチョ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょびしょ [bìshóbíshó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɕo̞bʲiɕo̞]

Adjective

びしょびしょ or ビショビショ • (bishobisho-na (adnominal びしょびしょ (bishobisho na), adverbial びしょびしょ (bishobisho ni))

  1. drenched, soaked, sopping wet
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょびしょ [bíꜜshòbìshò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɕo̞bʲiɕo̞]

Adverb

びしょびしょ or ビショビショ • (bishobisho

  1. raining heavily, pouring, raining cats and dogs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN