Japanese Word of the Day
雨あめ - ame
rain
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 雨 |
| 1. n. rain, rainfall |
| 一雨ごとに春が来る - spring nears by each rainfall |
| 2. n. a rainy weather |
| 3. n. (figurative) something falling like rain |
| 4. n. Usage: * In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same. It is unclear if this leading (IPAchar, /s/) is indicative of an earlier same, or if this was an w, epenthesis for euphony to avoid |
| 5. affix. rain |
| 6. affix. (figuratively) something falling like rain |
| 7. affix. (figuratively) favor, blessing |
Pronunciation
ame
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