Illustration: On a Japanese residential street, a sudden shower catches a cyclist and a resident carrying freshly aired bedding. Large drops strike the still partly dry pavement as both duck beneath the same small entrance awning.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

にわか雨あめ

niwakaame

sudden rain shower

Example sentences

  1. にわか雨あめに降ふられて、びしょぬれになったんだ。

    I was caught in a shower and got drenched to the skin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 明日あしたは時々ときどきにわか雨あめが降ふるかもしれない。

    Occasional showers are possible tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. このにわか雨あめがやんだら、私わたしたちは出でかけるつもりです。

    We’ll go out when this shower is over.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 雨

  • 雨rainOnウKunあめ・あま-

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