Japanese symbol for “downpour”
大雨
おおあめ
Romaji: ooame
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
In Japanese, downpour is 大雨, read おおあめ (ooame).
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Meanings
- n heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
Written forms: 大雨. Readings: おおあめ、たいう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “downpour”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土砂降り | どしゃぶり doshaburi | downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain |
| 豪雨 | ごうう gouu | torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst |
| 降り注ぐ | ふりそそぐ furisosogu | to rain incessantly; to downpour |
| 本降り | ほんぶり honburi | heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall |
| ザーザー降り | ザーザーぶり zaazaaburi | downpour; drenching rain |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July) |
| 雨天 | うてん uten | rainy weather |
See also: Chinese symbol for “downpour”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.