Kanji: 雨

    • Meaning : rain
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : あめ,あま-,-さめ
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 8
    • Frequency of use ranking : 950
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • けはけは - ゆうやけははれあさやけはあめ - Red sky at night, shepherd's delight Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
  • - うすいます - stormwater inlet/street inlet
  • があがる | がる - あめがあがる - to stop raining
  • ひと | - ひとあめ - shower/rainfall
  • - あまがえる - tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
  • - あまぐつ - overshoes
  • ってまる - あめふってじかたまる - adversity strengthens the foundations
  • 宿り - あまやどり - taking shelter from rain
  • - うちゅう - showering (arrows) upon
  • - うてんじゅんえん - rescheduled in case of rain
  • り - あまもり - roof leak
  • - あまがさ - rain hat
  • - あまど - sliding storm shutter
  • - あまがっぱ - raincoat/oilcoat
  • - うせい - sound of rain
  • - うてき - raindrops
  • - あまつぶ | あめつぶ - raindrop
  • - あまぐも - rain cloud
  • - あまぞら - threatening sky
  • い - あまごい - praying for rain
  • | - あまじたく - preparation for rain
  • - うちゅう - in the rain | game called off because of rain (baseball)
  • - うてんけっこう - NOT cancelled in case of rain
  • - うりょうけい - rain gauge
  • - あめ - rain
  • - あまぐ - rain gear
  • - あめのちゆき - rain then snow
  • じりの - あめまじりのゆき - snow mingled with rain
  • - あまぎ - raincoat
  • - うてん - rainy weather
  • - うりょう - rainfall
  • - えんう - misty, fine or drizzling rain
  • ろうがろうが - あめがふろうがやりがふろうが - come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)/no matter what happens
  • ろうとろうと - あめがふろうとやりがふろうと - come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)/no matter what happens
  • - つゆどき - wet season/rainy season
  • - こううりょう - amount of rainfall
  • - こうう - rainfall/rain
  • - ごううか - flood devastation
  • - ごうう - heavy rain/cloudburst/downpour
  • - こくふうはくう - sudden rain shower in a dust storm
  • | 宿 | - あめふりぼし - Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • | - あめのうお | アメノウオ - biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)/biwa salmon
  • - あめしこう - (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards
  • - さんせいう - acid rain
  • - あまどり - fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
  • | - じう - welcome (beneficial) rain
  • - しぐれ - drizzle/shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
  • - こううちょう | コウウチョウ - brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
  • - あきさめ | しゅうう - autumn rain/fall rain
  • - じゅうう - refreshing rain once in ten days
  • - さみだれぐも - cloud during rainy season
  • - きゅうう - rain shower
  • - こさめ | しょうう | こあめ - light rain/drizzle
  • - じんこうう - artificial rain
  • - じんこうこうう - artificial rain
  • - あまおと - sound of rainfall
  • - はつしぐれ - the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter
  • - てんきあめ - sun shower/sudden rain from a blue sky
  • - せいこううどく - working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather/living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
  • - はれのちあめ - clear then rain
  • - はれいちじこさめ - clear, with brief light rain
  • - うげつ - being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain | fifth lunar month
  • - せみしぐれ - outburst of cricket chirping
  • | | - むらさめ - passing shower
  • - むらしぐれ - autumn shower/fall shower
  • - たうりん - tropical rainforest
  • - あめかんむり | あまかんむり - kanji "rain" radical at top
  • ヨーロッパ - ヨーロッパあまつばめ | ヨーロッパアマツバメ - common (Eurasian) swift (Apus apus)
  • - はりおあまつばめ | ハリオアマツバメ - white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
  • - おおあめ - heavy rain
  • - だんう - hail of bullets
  • - ひめあまつばめ | ヒメアマツバメ - house swift (Apus nipalensis)
  • - こくう - "grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)
  • アフリカ - アフリカこしじろあまつばめ | アフリカコシジロアマツバメ - white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)
  • - とおりあめ - shower
  • | - しょううけっこう - canceled only in case of heavy rain
  • - しょうう - small amount of rainfall/(a) light rainfall
  • - ねったいたうりん - tropical wet forest/tropical rain forest
  • - とうう - winter rain/freezing rain
  • - くろいあめ - heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
  • | り - にゅうばい | つゆいり - entering the rainy season/beginning of the rainy season
  • 穿つ - あまだれいしをうがつ - slow but steady wins the race/constant effort will result in success (lit: constant dripping wears away a stone)
  • - ばいうき - rainy season
  • れ - つゆばれ - sunny spell during rainy season
  • - ねったいうりんきこう - tropical rain forest climate
  • - ひさめ - hail/chilly chilly rain
  • - ふうう - wind and rain
  • らずの - やらずのあめ - rain that starts to fall as though trying to prevent a guest from leaving
  • - ぼうふうう - storm
  • - きりさめ - drizzle/light rain
  • - やう - night rain
  • - りんう - long spell of rain
  • - ねったいうりん - tropical forest/tropical rainforest
  • - わたくしあめ - limited amount of rain which falls off to a certain region
  • のやみ - あめのやみま - break in the rain/letup in the rain
  • - らいう - thunderstorm
  • - りゅうせいう - meteor shower
  • | - うごのたけのこ - similar things turning up one after another/lit: bamboo shoots after rain
  • - れいう - chilly rain
  • - あまみず | うすい - rain water | "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)
  • - あまもよう | あめもよう - signs of rain/threat of rain
  • - さみだれ | さつきあめ - early-summer rain
  • - しゅうう - sudden shower
  • | - あまあし | あめあし - passing shower/streaks of pouring rain
  • - あまけ | うき - signs of rain/threatening to rain
  • - しゅんう | はるさめ - gentle spring rain | thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
  • | がさ - あまがさ - umbrella
  • り | ふり - あめふり - rainfall/rainy weather
  • | - つゆ | ばいう - rainy season | rain during the rainy season
  • | り - あまぐもり - overcast weather
  • | - うき - rainy season
  • だれ | れ - あまだれ - raindrops
  • り | がり - あめあがり | あまあがり - after the rain
  • - さみだれしき - intermittent (off and on) manner/dragging on and on
  • にわか | | - にわかあめ - rain shower
  • け - つゆあけ - the end of the rainy season
  • - ふざんうんう - sexual liaison
  • - さよしぐれ - light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
  • - せいこううき - the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather
  • - ほんうんふくう - fickle friendship
  • - あまがさばんぐみ - substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out
  • - なみだあめ - light rain/rain falling at a time of sadness
  • - ちょううんぼう - sexual liaison
  • - うろ | あめつゆ - rain and dew
  • | - じょうろ | じょろ - watering can/watering pot/sprinkling can
  • - しぐれもよう - showery sky/(it is) looking showery
  • - しっぷうよくう - struggling through wind and rain/undergoing hardships
  • - だんがんひう - hail of bullets/heavy bombardment
  • - せいうけい - barometer
  • - からつゆ - (unusually) dry rainy season/rainless tsuyu
  • - かんてんじう - welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought/realization of something eagerly looked for/a welcome relief
  • - しゅうちゅうごうう - local downpour/severe rain fall
  • - うきせいこう - scenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather
  • - うんうふざん - sexual liaison
  • - しっぷうもくう - struggling through wind and rain/undergoing hardships
  • い - あまもよい | あめもよい - threat of rain
  • ち - あまおち | あめおち - place where raindrops fall from the eaves
  • - うてんえんき - postponed because of rain
  • - しょうえんだんう - smoke of powder and hail of bullets/(in) the thick of the raging battle
  • - うてんちゅうし - cancelled because of rain/wash out
  • - ごふうじゅうう - seasonable rains and winds/halcyon weather/halcyon times of peace
  • - かいう - rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour)/whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish
  • - あまかぜ | あめかぜ - rain and wind/driving rain
  • - けいう - welcome rain
  • - ちのあめ - bloodshed
  • - かんてんじう - welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought/realization of something eagerly looked for/a welcome relief
  • | - うばがい | ウバガイ - Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
  • き - うてんつづき - long spell of rainy weather
  • - ほうしゃのうあめ - radioactive rain
  • - びう - light rain/a drizzle
  • - きさめ - precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves in a forest
  • - ひでりあめ - sunshower
  • - あきさめぜんせん - autumn rain front/fall rain front
  • - こぬかあめ - light or fine rain
  • - なたねづゆ - long spell of rain in early spring
  • - せいう - (clear or rainy) weather
  • - てりあめ - sunshower
  • - ほうえんだんう - the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells
  • らし - あめふらし - sea hare
  • - いんう - prolonged rain which damages crops
  • - さいう - drizzle/misty rain
  • - あねったいたうりん - subtropical rain forest
  • ロボット - ロボットうりょうけい - robot rain gauge
  • - りょうう - cool rain
  • - たう - heavy rain
  • - ばいうぜんせん - seasonal rain front
  • - うりょくじゅりん - rain green forest
  • | - ながあめ | ながめ - long spell of rain
  • - ぬかあめ - a drizzle
  • - うひょう - freezing rain
  • - うご - after rain
  • | どい - あまどい - drainspout/rain gutter
  • し - あまざらし - weatherbeaten
  • - あめたいふう - rain-laden typhoon
  • - ういき - rainy area
  • - あまつばめ - swift (any bird of family Apodidae) | fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
  • - あめあられ - rain and hail
  • - あめおんな - woman whose presence seems to cause rain
  • - あめおとこ - man whose presence seems to cause rain
  • - あまあい - break in the rain
  • よけ | け | け - あまよけ - tarpaulin/shelter from rain/covering against rain
  • み - あまやみ - break in the rain | waiting for a break in the rain
  • - あまだれいし - dripstone
  • き - あめつづき - raining for days on end
  • い - あまおおい - tarpaulin/rain-cover
  • - つゆぞら - overcast sky in the rainy season
  • - りょくう - early-summer rain
  • - うりん - rain forest
  • - こううりん - rainforest
  • - はくう - rain shower
  • る - あまどをくる - to roll open the shutters
  • - おおあめちゅういほう - storm warning
  • - ふううのか - disaster caused by wind and rain