N21120/1725

夕ゆう立だち

irregular okurigananounnoun (generic)

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ゆうだち

Meanings

(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening), evening shower

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Example sentences

夕立ゆうだちが降ふってきたので、急いそいで家いえに帰かえった。

Because a sudden evening shower started, I hurried home.

夏なつの夕立ゆうだちはいつも突然とつぜん始はじまる。

Summer evening showers always start suddenly.

夕立ゆうだちのせいで、洗濯物せんたくものが全部ぜんぶ濡ぬれてしまった。

Because of the sudden shower, all the laundry got soaked.

夕立ゆうだちが上あがった後あと、空そらに虹にじがかかった。

After the evening shower cleared up, a rainbow appeared in the sky.

天気予報てんきよほうでは晴はれとのことだったが、午後ごごになって激はげしい夕立ゆうだちに見舞みまわれた。

The weather forecast said it would be clear, but in the afternoon we were hit by a heavy evening shower.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)