drizzle; fine rain; light rain
Describes very fine, mist-like rain, like rice bran. Often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.
A fine drizzle has been falling since morning.
The townscape wet with fine rain is beautiful.
Standard kanji spelling; 小糠 (rice bran) + 雨 (rain) evokes fine, mist-like rain.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
Compound of 小糠 (konuka, 'rice bran') and 雨 (ame, 'rain'), referring to rain as fine as rice bran particles.