霾つちふる

godan verb (-ru)

rain dust; have a dust storm

Rare, literary verb describing a weather phenomenon where fine dust or sand falls from the sky, often due to a dust storm. Not used in everyday conversation; modern Japanese would typically use descriptive phrases like 黄砂が降る or 砂嵐が起こる.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「霾つちふる」という言こと葉ばが見みられる。

  The word 霾る can be found in old documents.

• 春はる先さきに霾つちふることがあると、昔むかしの人ひとは日にっ記きに記しるした。

  People in the past recorded in their diaries that it sometimes rained dust in early spring.