Word Meaning 篠突く雨

しのつくあめ shinotsukuame

篠突く雨 is read as しのつくあめ (shinotsukuame) and means pelting rain.

Meaning

English

  1. pelting rain
  2. pouring rain
  3. driving rain
  4. downpour

Reading

Kana

しのつくあめ

Romaji

shinotsukuame

Writing Variants

  • しのつく雨 しのつくあめ shinotsukuame

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

篠突く

しのつく

to pelt down (of rain)

篠を突く

しのをつく

to pour (of rain)

小雨

こあめ

light rain

梅雨

つゆ

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

暴風雨

あらし

rainstorm

時雨

じう

rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter

大雨

おおあめ

heavy rain

あめ

rain

長雨

ながめ

long spell of rain

霧雨

きりさめ

drizzle

春雨

しゅんう

gentle spring rain

五月雨

さみだれ

early-summer rain

Example Sentences

2

しのつくあめがふった。

Torrential rain fell.

かのじょはしのつくあめのなかをあるいた。

She walked in the torrential rain.