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日照り雨 (ひでりあめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ照でり雨あめ

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Meanings

1

sunshower

Rain that falls while the sun is shining; a common weather phenomenon in Japan.

今日きょうは日ひ照でり雨あめが降ふっていて、虹にじが出でた。

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
照illuminate, shine, compare
雨rain

Related words

天てん気き雨あめ
Also means sunshower, but 日照り雨 emphasizes the sunshine during drought-like conditions, while 天気雨 is a more general term for rain on a sunny day.

Built from

Today there was a sunshower and a rainbow appeared.

日ひ照でり+雨あめ

Etymology

Compound of 日照り (ひでり, 'drought' or 'dry weather') and 雨 (あめ, 'rain'), literally 'drought rain'.