noun
sunshower
Rain that falls while the sun is shining; a common weather phenomenon in Japan.
今日は日照り雨が降っていて、虹が出た。
Today there was a sunshower and a rainbow appeared.
Compound of 日照り (ひでり, 'drought' or 'dry weather') and 雨 (あめ, 'rain'), literally 'drought rain'.