Illustration: Late on a hot summer afternoon, a sudden curtain of heavy rain sends a family scrambling under their house's narrow eaves. One adult still carries a slice of watermelon, and a child has abandoned a handheld fan on the veranda. Fat drops splash onto paving stones that remain dry beneath the overhang.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

夕ゆう立だち

yuudachi

sudden summer shower

Example sentences

  1. ５分ふんも歩あるいた後あと、夕立ゆうだちに出会であった。

    We had already walked five minutes when we were caught in a shower.

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  2. 私わたしたちは夕立ゆうだちにあって、びしょ濡ぬれになった。

    We were drenched in the shower.

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  3. 夕立ゆうだちに遭あいました。

    I was caught in an evening shower.

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Kanji in 夕立

  • 夕eveningOnセキKunゆう
  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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