雨

あめ
rain

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あめ【雨】

①［雨］

〔降雨， 降水， 雨降り， 雨天; どしゃ降り， 大雨， 豪雨， スコール， 夕立， 通り雨〕

**rain

〖U〗 雨， 降雨；雨天; 〖C〗 ［形容詞を伴って］(…な)雨

go out in the rain 雨の中を出て行く

We will go there， (come) rain or (come) shine. 雨が降ろうが降るまいがそこへ行きます

The rain came down in buckets. 雨がどしゃぶりに降った(＝It rained in buckets. )

The rain continued (on) all night. 雨が一晩中続いた

The trees covered me from rain. 木のおかげで雨にぬれずにすんだ

be drenched with ［by］ rain 雨でびしょぬれになる

This area enjoys a summer of rain. この地方は夏には雨に恵まれている

Today's weather forecast is for rain. 本日の天気予報では雨だ

intermittent rain 降ったり止んだりの雨.

**wet

［the ～］ 雨降り， 雨天；雨；(雨後の)ぬかるみ

Stay out of the wet. 雨にぬれないようにしなさい.

*shower

〖C〗［通例 a ～/～s］ にわか雨， 短期間の雨《◆英国の天気予報では rain より shower の方がよく登場する》

be caught in a shower にわか雨にあう.

rainfall

〖C〗 降雨， 雨降り；〖C〗〖U〗 (降)雨量.

*sprinkle

〖C〗 小雨.

▲This is the driest summer we've had for the last ten years. 今年はこの10年間で一番雨の少ない夏です

the patter of raindrops on the roof パラパラと屋根を打つ雨の音.

〖関連〗

◇ → 酸性雨

◇ → 豪雨

◇ → こぬか雨

◇ → 土砂降りの雨

◇ → 霧雨

◇ → 雷雨

◇ → 暴風雨

◇ → 春雨

◇ → 強い雨

◇ → 局地的な雨

◇ → にわか雨

◇ → 小雨

◇ → 天気雨(きつねの嫁入り)

◇ → 激しい雷雨

◇(突然の)豪雨［どしゃぶり］

waterspout.

②［雨のように降るもの］

⇒ あめあられ

*shower

［a ～ of...］ (涙・弾丸などの)雨， 多量の…

a shower of tears 涙の雨

a meteoric shower 流星雨.

*storm

〖C〗(弾丸・ミサイルなどの)雨(あられ).

a rain ［hail， spray］ of...

…の雨

a hail ［spray， 《正式》rain］ of bullets 銃弾の雨.

▲a barrage of questions 質問の雨

the flicker of the film (映画の)画面の雨［ちらつき］

launch (out) into intensive questioning 質問の雨を浴びせる

She shot questions at me. 彼女は私に質問の雨を降らせた.

¶ → 雨のように降る

◇ → 雨が降る

◇ → 雨の，あめの，雨降りの

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あめ【雨】

rain; 〔1 回の降雨〕 a rain; a rainfall; (通り雨) a shower.

●滝のように降る雨 a torrential rain [downpour]; a cloudburst; a deluge; a rain that comes down in torrents

・激しい雨 a downpour; a torrential rain

・まとまった雨 a large amount of rain falling at one time

・静かに降る雨 a soft [gentle] rain; a drizzle

・霧のような雨 a misty [fine] rain

・降り続く雨 a constant [continuous, steady] rain

・吹き降りの雨 a driving rain; a hard, slanting rain

・人工の雨 an artificial rain; an induced rainfall

・恵みの雨 a good [blessed, providential] rain

・げんこつの雨 a rain [hail, shower] of blows

・弾丸の雨 a shower [hail, rain] of bullets [gunfire].

●雨続き a long rain; continual [continuous, a (long) spell of] rainy weather.

●雨が降っている. It's raining.

・雨が降るといけないから傘を持っておいで. Take an umbrella with you in case it rains.

・雨が降りだした[雨になった]. It began to rain. | It started raining. | Rain began to fall. | Rain started (to fall). | Rain set in [came on].

・雨が部屋に降りこんだ. It rained into the room.

・雨が降りこまないように窓を閉めた. I closed the window to keep out the rain.

・雨が降りそうだ. It's threatening to rain. | It looks like rain. | It seems we are going to have some rain.

・雨が降りそうな曇った朝であった. It was a cloudy morning with a threat of rain.

・雨が激しく[ひどく]降った. It rained hard [heavily]. | 《口》 It rained cats and dogs.

・雨がぽつぽつ降りだした. It began to sprinkle.

・雨がひっきりなしに降った. It rained continually [without a break].

・雨がさかんに降っていた. It was raining hard.

・雨が滝のように降った. It rained in torrents.

・雨が 6 日間(降り)続いた. It went on raining for six days.

・雨が上がった. The rain has passed over. | The rain has left off. | The rain is over.

・雨が降ってくるぞ. Here comes the rain!

・雨がやんだ. The rain has stopped [let up]. | It has stopped raining.

・雨が降るだけ降ってやんだ. It has rained itself out.

・雨がやみそうだ. The rain promises to let up.

・雨が窓ガラスを打った. The rain beat against the windowpanes.

・目をさますと, 雨が窓や屋根を打っていた. When I woke up, rain was drumming on the windows and the roof.

・待合室の窓ガラスに雨が流れている. The rain is flowing down the windows of the waiting room.

・大粒の雨がパラパラと降りだして, 乾ききった道路を濡らしていった. Great drops of rain began to fall, leaving dark splotches on the parched road.

・窓を開けると, 冷たい雨が私の顔に当たった. When I opened the window, cold rain struck my face.

・雨がザーザー降ってきた. The rain began to pour down.

・この夏は雨が多かった[少なかった]. We have had much [little] rain this summer.

・しばらく雨がない. We have been without rain for some time.

・2 週間も雨が降らなかったので池の水がだいぶ減った. There has been no rain for over two weeks, so the water in the pond has fallen considerably.

・血の雨が降るだろう. There'll probably be [It'll probably turn into] a bloodbath.

・空からガラスの破片の雨が降った. Broken pieces [Shards, Sherds] of glass seemed to rain from the sky.

・雨が降ろうと, 槍が降ろうと no matter what (happens); come hell or high water.

●今日の試合は雨で中止になった. Today's game [match] has been canceled due to rain.

●雨に洗われた木々の葉 rain-washed leaves of trees [tree leaves]

・雨にあう[降られる] be caught in a rain [shower]

・雨に濡れる get wet with rain

・雨に濡れた街路 a rain-wet street

・雨に濡れないように to keep from getting wet; to keep out of the rain

・雨に当たる be exposed to rain

・雨に打たれる be struck by (the) rain

・雨に降りこめられる be kept indoors by rain

・雨にさらす expose sth to rain

・雨になりそうだ. It looks like rain.

・どうも雨になりそうですね. It looks (to me) as if it's going to rain.

・あの雲では今にも雨になりそうだ. Those clouds threaten rain. | From the looks of those clouds, it could rain any minute.

・試合の当日は雨になった. On the day of the game it rained.

・午後になると, 風が雨に変わった. In the afternoon, the wind turned to rain.

・東京タワーは雨にけぶっていた. Tokyo Tower was blurred by the rain.

・水蒸気は雨になって空から降る. Water vapor falls as rain (from the sky).

・今年は雨に恵まれたので, 茶の作柄がよさそうだ. Thanks to good rain this year, the tea crop looks good.

・アルミフェンスは, 木の柵よりも雨に強い. An 《米》 aluminum [《英》 aluminium] fence does not deteriorate in rainy conditions as easily as a wooden fence does.

●雨の多い季節 a rainy [wet] season

・雨の降る日 a rainy [wet] day

・雨の少ない国 a country of little rain [scanty rainfall]

・雨の降らない地方 a rainless district

・雨の降る中を in the rain [wet]

・降り注ぐ雨の中を[に] in [amidst, through] a pouring rain

・激しい雨を衝(_つ)いて出発する set out 《on a trip》 braving (the) fierce rain

・雨の晴れ間に between rains; during a lull [break] in the rain

・試合は雨のため中止になった[雨で流れた]. The game was washed out [《米》 rained out, 《英》 rained off]. | The rain washed out the game.

・枯葉が雨のように降っていた. Withered leaves fell in a virtual shower. | There was a virtual shower of withered leaves.

・雨の日も風の日も through wind and rain.

●雨を防ぐ keep out the rain

・大木の下でいっとき雨をしのぐ briefly take shelter from the rain under a big tree

・人工的に雨を降らせる cause [induce] a rainfall

・ロケット弾の雨を降らせる shower [rain] rocket bombs 《upon…》.

●ひどい雨だなあ. What a rain!

・庭に出て見たが, 雨は一滴も降っていなかった. I went out into the garden, but it wasn't raining a drop.

・もう 7 日も雨だ. It's been raining for seven days [seven days straight].

・雨でも晴れでも雪でもみぞれでも, 私はかならず行きます. Come rain, shine, snow or sleet, I'm definitely going.

・雨降って地固まる. Ground packs after a rain. | After a storm comes a calm. 【諺】

大雨 a heavy rain.

こぬか雨 a misty [fine] rain. [⇒きりさめ]

天気雨 ⇒てんきあめ.

日照り雨 ⇒てんきあめ.

雨不足 insufficient rain.