驟しゅう雨う

noun

sudden shower; sudden downpour

A brief, often intense rain that starts and stops abruptly. More literary than にわか雨, which is the everyday word.

• 夏なつの午ご後ご、驟しゅう雨うが通とおり過すぎた。

  A sudden shower passed through on a summer afternoon.

• 驟しゅう雨うに降ふられて、ずぶ濡ぬれになった。

  I got caught in a sudden downpour and was soaked.