雨女
Japanese
Kanji in this term
雨
女
あめ
Grade: 1
おんな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
[a̠me̞ õ̞nːa̠]
Noun
雨
(
あめ
)
女
(
おんな
)
• (
ame onna
)
A woman whose presence always seems to bring rain.
See also
雨男
(
あめおとこ
)
(
ame otoko
)
: a man whose presence always seems to bring rain
雪女
(
ゆきおんな
)
(
yuki onna
)
: a
snow
spirit
; spirit of woman who
perished
out in the
snow
during the
winter
months
.
雪男
(
ゆきおとこ
)
(
yuki otoko
)
: abominable snowman
(
modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the
雪女
)