Winter morning in Japan. It’s so cold, moreover today is rain. It’s not an ice or even snow, it’s just an ordinary rain. I’m cycling my bike and it’s cold to death. It’s really hard for me to breath and make me suffer from cold.
Anyway, talking about rain, I have learned several Japanese words based on the rain. Even though the rain is so cold in winter, but I do still love rain. It’s really peaceful to hear the rain’s sound, especially when they hit the roof of my house.
So, rain in Japan is Ame, the kanji is 雨. According the Weihome Gakuen, there are several words to have to remembers about rain.
For example, when we want to say “It’s Raining”, the Japanese will say: Ame ga furu (雨が降る), which means “It’s raining”. And when the rain has stopped, the Japanese will say: Ame ga yanda (雨が止んだ).
For the more complicated words, the Japanese will also say: Ame ga futte kuru (雨が降って来る), which means “It’s starting to rain”. Or if the rain is unwanted, then the Japanese will say: Ame ga futte kichatta (雨が降って来ちゃった), which the meaning is same, but there is a sad feeling on it.
For the Yanda (止んだ), actually there are several words in Japan that describe about stopped or ended. For instance, Yameru (止める), which means end, or Tomeru (止める) which means stop. But for rain, specifically the Japanese are using Yamu (止む) which in past tense turns out to be Yanda (止んだ).
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