Word Meaning 降水

こうすい kousui

降水 is read as こうすい (kousui) and means rainfall.

Meaning

English

  1. rainfall
  2. precipitation

Reading

Kana

こうすい

Romaji

kousui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 7388 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

降水量

こうすいりょう

amount of precipitation

降水確率

こうすいかくりつ

chance of precipitation

無降水

むこうすい

lack of rainfall

線状降水帯

せんじょうこうすいたい

linear rainband

降りる

おりる

to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

降る

ふる

to form (of frost)

降参

こうさん

being defeated (e.g. by a problem)

降下

こうか

passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)

降格

こうかく

demotion

降雨

こうう

rainfall

降雪

こうせつ

snowfall

降り

ふり

alighting

Example Sentences

1

According to AMeDAS, the amount of precipitation in the village has exceeded 1,200 mm in three days.