雨

Vocabulary (12)

• 穀雨

  こくう

  "grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)

• 雨量

  うりょう

  (amount of) rainfall

• 晴雨

  せいう

  (clear or rainy) weather

• 雨まじり

  あめまじり

  (something) mixed with rain (snow, wind, etc.)

• 空梅雨

  からつゆ

  (unusually) dry rainy season

• 藪雨

  やぶさめ

  Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

• 黒い雨

  くろいあめ

  Black Rain (1966 novel by Ibuse Masuji)

• 畢宿

  あめふりぼし

  Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

• 感謝感激雨あられ

  かんしゃかんげきあめあられ

  I am terribly grateful

• 時雨忌

  しぐれき

  Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

• 水葵

  みずあおい

  Monochoria korsakowii (species of flowering plant)

• 姥貝

  うばがい

  Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)