Kanji 感 emotion, feeling, sensation 謝 apologize, thank, refuse 激 violent, get excited, enraged 霰 hail, hailstones, small cubes Related words 感かん 謝しゃ Standard word for gratitude; 感謝感激雨あられ is a humorous, exaggerated version.
感かん 激げき Means deep emotion or being moved; combined with 感謝 in this phrase for emphasis.
Written forms 感かん 謝しゃ 感かん 激げき 雨あめ あられ
Standard humorous spelling; the あられ part is often written in kana.
感かん 謝しゃ 感かん 激げき 雨あめ 霰あられ
Full kanji spelling, less common but still seen.
Etymology A jocular phrase combining 感謝 (gratitude) and 感激 (deep emotion) with 雨あられ (rain and hail), originally a play on 乱射乱撃雨霰 (ransha rangeki ame arare, 'random shooting like rain and hail'). The exact origin is uncertain, but it is used for humorous, exaggerated thanks.
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