干かん天てん慈じ雨う

noun

welcome rain in a drought; long-awaited relief

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) used literally for beneficial rain during a drought, and figuratively for any long-awaited relief or realization of something eagerly anticipated. Literary and somewhat formal.

• 日ひ照でり続つづきの後あとに干かん天てん慈じ雨うが降ふり、農のう民みんたちは喜よろこんだ。

  After the long drought, a welcome rain fell and the farmers rejoiced.

• 長ながい不ふ況きょうの後あと、この新しん政せい策さくはまさに干かん天てん慈じ雨うだった。

  After the long recession, this new policy was truly a welcome relief.