雨降り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あめ
Grade: 1
ふ(り)
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

(あめ) (ame, rain) + () (furi, falling, noun form of () (furu)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふり [àméꜜfùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠me̞ɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

雨降(あめふ) • (amefuri

  1. rainfall; time when it's raining
    今日(きょう)(あめ)()なので(かさ)()します
    Kyō wa amefuri na no de kasa o sashimasu.
    It's raining today so I'll put up an umbrella.
  2. (figurative) appearing of many lines over the old movie which caused by the scratches on the film

Synonyms

References

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