暴ぼう風ふう雨う

also: あらし

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

rainstorm; storm

Refers to a violent storm with heavy rain and strong winds. Often used in weather reports or literary descriptions.

昨さく夜やの暴ぼう風ふう雨うで電でん車しゃが止とまった。
The trains stopped due to last night's rainstorm.
暴ぼう風ふう雨う警けい報ほうが出でているので、外がい出しゅつは控ひかえてください。
A storm warning has been issued, so please refrain from going out.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が暴ぼう風ふう雨うに見み舞まわれるfor a place to be hit by a rainstorm
その地ち域いきは昨夜、さく、激やげしい暴ぼう風ふう雨うに見み舞まわれた。
That area was hit by a violent rainstorm last night.
暴ぼう風ふう雨うが去さるfor a storm to pass
朝あさには暴ぼう風ふう雨うが去さり、青あお空ぞらが広ひろがった。
By morning the storm had passed and the sky was clear.
暴ぼう風ふう雨うの中なかを〈動どう詞し〉to do something in the middle of a rainstorm
彼かれは暴ぼう風ふう雨うの中なかを必ひっ死しに家いえまで歩あるいた。
He walked desperately home through the raging storm.

Kanji

暴outburst, rave, fret
風wind, air, style
雨rain

Related words· 6

嵐あらしN3
嵐 is the everyday word for any kind of storm, while 暴風雨 specifically stresses the combination of heavy rain and violent wind.
豪ごう雨うN1
豪雨 focuses on the intensity of the rainfall itself, whereas 暴風雨 also emphasizes the accompanying strong winds.
風ふう雨う
暴風雨 describes a violent, intense storm with strong winds and heavy rain, while 風雨 is the more neutral term for wind and rain in general.
ストーム
暴風雨 is a formal, meteorological term for a storm with strong wind and rain, whereas ストーム is a looser katakana term often used in compounds.

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台たい風ふうN4
台風 names the specific tropical cyclone phenomenon, while 暴風雨 is a more general word for any violent windstorm with heavy rain.
スコール
暴風雨 describes a violent, often prolonged rainstorm with strong winds, while スコール is typically a short, sudden burst.

Don't confuse with

台たい風ふうN4
台風 names a specific tropical cyclone system, while 暴風雨 is the general term for any violent rain-and-wind storm, including but not limited to a typhoon.
暴ぼう風ふう圏けんN1
暴風圏 refers to the geographic zone around a storm where violent winds blow, whereas 暴風雨 refers to the storm phenomenon itself, a violent windy rainstorm.

Built from

暴ぼう+風ふう雨う

Written forms

暴風雨Usage100%
- ぼうふうう
  Standard kanji spelling for 'rainstorm' or 'storm'.
- あらし
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
あらし
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Gikun/jukujikun reading; rarely used in modern writing. The common word for 'storm' is 嵐.

Etymology

Compound of 暴 (violent) + 風 (wind) + 雨 (rain). The reading ぼうふうう is the standard on'yomi. The rare reading あらし is a jukujikun, assigning the native Japanese word for 'storm' to this kanji compound.