霧きり雨さめ

also: きりあめ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Fine, mist-like rain; often used in weather forecasts and literary descriptions.

霧きり雨さめで服ふくがしっとり濡ぬれた。

My clothes got damp from the drizzle.

霧きり雨さめが降ふるfor a drizzle to fall
朝あさから霧きり雨さめが降ふっている。
A fine drizzle has been falling since morning.
霧きり雨さめに濡ぬれるto get damp from the drizzle
傘かさを忘わすれて霧きり雨さめに濡ぬれてしまった。
I forgot my umbrella and got soaked by the drizzle.
霧きり雨さめの中なかを歩あるくto walk through the drizzle
霧きり雨さめの中なかを黙だまって歩あるいた。
I walked silently through the drizzle.

小こ雨さめN3
小雨 is a general term for any light rain, while 霧雨 specifically describes very fine, mist-like drizzle.
細さい雨う
細雨 is a literary, formal word for fine rain almost identical to 霧雨, but 霧雨 is more common in everyday and weather-forecast usage.
俄にわか雨あめN3
にわか雨 is a sudden, often heavier shower that starts and stops abruptly, unlike the steady, gentle fall of 霧雨.

大おお雨あめN3
大雨 refers to heavy, intense rain, the opposite in intensity to the fine, gentle 霧雨.

俄にわか雨あめN3
霧雨 is a fine, misty drizzle that falls gently and steadily, while にわか雨 is a sudden, often heavier shower that starts and stops abruptly.

霧雨Usage100%
- きりさめ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading きりさめ is the most common.
- きりあめ
  Alternate reading; less common than きりさめ.
きりあめ

Compound of 霧 (kiri, 'fog, mist') and 雨 (ame, 'rain'), referring to rain that is as fine as mist.