降こう雨う

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Meanings

Neutral term for rain or precipitation, often used in weather forecasts and reports.

〈場ば所しょ〉で降こう雨うがあるthere is rainfall in <place>
この地ち域いきでは夏なつに降こう雨うが多おおい。
There is a lot of rainfall in this region during the summer.
降こう雨うが続つづくrainfall continues
昨日きのうから降こう雨うが続つづいている。
It has been raining continuously since yesterday.
降こう雨うに見み舞まわれるto be hit by rainfall
試し合あい中ちゅうに激はげしい降こう雨うに見み舞まわれた。
We were hit by heavy rainfall during the match.

雨あめN5
雨 is the common everyday word for rain, while 降雨 is a more formal or technical term used in weather reports and scientific contexts.
降こう水すいN1
降水 covers all forms of precipitation such as rain, snow, and hail, whereas 降雨 refers specifically to rain.
雨あめが降ふる
降雨 is a formal, written term used in weather reports and technical contexts, while 雨が降る is the natural everyday phrase for saying it is raining.
雨あめ降ふりN1
降雨 is a formal, technical term for rainfall used in scientific or official weather reports, whereas 雨降り is the everyday word for rainy weather.

降こう雪せつ
降雨 refers to rainfall, while 降雪 refers to snowfall; the two are easily confused because of their parallel formal structure.

Compound of 降 (descend, fall) and 雨 (rain). The reading is on'yomi.