meaning: rain
reading: ウ、あめ、あま
雨期（ウキ）: the rainy season (It can be written as 雨季)
雨天決行（ウテンケッコウ）: No postponement for rain
豪雨（ゴウウ）: a torrential rainfall
雷雨（ライウ）: a thunderstorm
雨（あめ）: rain
雨上がり（あめあがり）: after the rain
大雨（おおあめ）: a heavy rain
雨合羽（あまがっぱ）: a short rainproof cloak
雨傘（あまがさ）: an umbrella (as opposed to 日傘（ひがさ – a parasol)）
雨具（あまぐ）: rain gear
Compound Reading
小雨（こさめ）: a light rain, a drizzle
#雨 is a pictograph, when I said that, one of my very young students asked me why it is raining inside the house. Ummm.
My dictionary says that the top 一 is for the sky; 冂 is for the cloud and the rest is water （水）, so it’s not raining inside.
My dictionary says that the top 一 is for the sky; 冂 is for the cloud and the rest is water （水）, so it’s not raining inside.
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