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rain 雨
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View out of a window into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud. |
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雨
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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rain
ame, ama, U
View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,= The upper line 一 is a rain cloud.
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雨
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雲
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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cloud
kumo, UN Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 that is raining =,=), bottom: fog 云
Both rain and fog come out of clouds.
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雨
云
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雪
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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snow
yuki, SETSU Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=) and below: hand ナ/ヨ (with the fingers to the left)
Rain that you can hold in your hand, is snow.
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雨
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電
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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electricity
DEN Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: 电 (rice field 田 with an extra stroke 乚 as a lightning arrester/rod)
When it rains in the rice field, you need a lightning arrester because of the electricity. (Or: Thunder 雷 [かみなり] with an arrester 乚)
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雨
竜
乚
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需
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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need, demand
JU Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: beard 而
Rain on the beard: who needs that!
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雨
而
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儒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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confucianism
JU Left: person 人, right: need 需 (Rain 雨 on the beard 而, who needs that?)
The person in the rain with a (long) beard is Confucius.
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亻
雨
而
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震
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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quake, shake, tremble, shiver
furuu/eru, SHIN Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with cloud 一, that is raining =,=), bottom: plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农 = Chinese for farmer])
When rain makes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".
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雨
辰
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霜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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frost
shimo, SŌ Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: mutual, minister 相 (tree 木, eye 目)
(Sometimes hoar frost makes the trees white) This 'rain' in the trees can be seen, because it is: frost.
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雨
目
相
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曇
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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to cloud, dim, mar, fog
kumoru, DON Top: sun 日, below: cloud 雲 (=rain 雨 & fog 云)
If the sun is above the clouds, it is cloudy.
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日
雨
云
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雰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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atmosphere, ambience, mood
FUN Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: divide 分 (.. with eight 八 swords 刀)
The rain is only a part of the atmosphere.
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雨
分
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霧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mist, fog
kiri, MU Top: rain 雨, below: duty/work 務 (a lance 矛, needs to be hit 攵 with strength 力, that's its duty)
Rain did its duty, and now we have fog.
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雨
矛
攵
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雷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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thunder, thunderbolt
kaminari, RAI Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: field 田
When it rains in the fields there is also: thunder.
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雨
田
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零
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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zero, null, nil, to overflow
koboreru, REI Top: rain 雨, bottom: order, command 令 (A lid  on the bent person 卩, That was ordered!)
Due to the rain or an order? Nobody was there. Zero!
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雨
令
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霊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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spirit, soul
tama, REI, RYŌ Top: rain 雨, middle line 一, below: line up 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立, now merged to 並)
Rain falls on lined up spirits.
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雨
並
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麗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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beautiful, lovely, graceful, charming
uruwashii, REI Top: twice simplified rain 雨, below: simplified deer 鹿
Much rain and deer: How beautiful!
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雨
鹿
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露
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Russia, dew, open, public, reveal, small
tsuyu, RO, RŌ Top: rain 雨, below: street 路 (Feet 足 are on each 各 street.)
Like a "rain" on the streets of Russia is the: dew.
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雨
足
各
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漏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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leak, escape
moru/reru/rasu, RŌ Left: water 氵, right: buttock from the side 尸, rain 雨
The water on the buttock is rain, but is leaking down.
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氵
尸
雨
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