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降りしきる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	降ふりしきる	降ふりしきらない
Polite	降ふりしきります	降ふりしきりません
Past polite	降ふりしきりました	降ふりしきりませんでした
Past	降ふりしきった	降ふりしきらなかった
Te-form	降ふりしきって	降ふりしきらないで
Desire	降ふりしきりたい	降ふりしきりたくない
Potential	降ふりしきれる	降ふりしきれない
Passive	降ふりしきられる	降ふりしきられない
Causative	降ふりしきらせる	降ふりしきらせない
Causative passive	降ふりしきらせられるalso 降ふりしきらされる	降ふりしきらせられないalso 降ふりしきらされない
Volitional	降ふりしきろう
Polite volitional	降ふりしきりましょう
Imperative	降ふりしきれ	降ふりしきるな
Conditional	降ふりしきれば	降ふりしきらなければ
Tara conditional	降ふりしきったら	降ふりしきらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall continuously; pour down; come down hard

Used for rain, snow, or other precipitation that falls steadily and heavily without stopping.

昨さく夜やから雨あめが降ふりしきっている。
It has been raining continuously since last night.
雪ゆきが降ふりしきる中なか、彼かれは歩あるき続つづけた。
He kept walking while the snow was falling heavily.

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Kanji

降descend, precipitate, fall
頻repeatedly, recur

Related words

降ふる
降る is the general verb for precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) without implying continuity or intensity. 降りしきる emphasizes that the precipitation is unrelenting and heavy.
土ど砂しゃ降ぶり
土砂降り is a noun meaning a downpour or heavy rain, often used in the phrase 土砂降りの雨. 降りしきる is a verb describing the continuous, heavy falling action itself.

Written forms

降ふりしきるUsage90%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
ふりしきるUsage9%
降ふり頻しきるUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 頻; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 降り (continuative form of 降る, 'to fall') + しきる (auxiliary verb meaning 'to do continuously' or 'to do intensely'). The second element is related to 頻る (しきる), meaning 'to occur repeatedly'.