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鉄砲雨
てっぽうあめ
1. [n]
▶ pelting rain
▶ torrential rain
▶ downpour



History:
5. A 2024-01-22 00:12:34  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2024-01-21 23:53:30  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo: 弾丸のように激しく降る大粒の雨。
  Comments:
I think "pelting rain" captures the nuance of the Japanese better than the other glosses.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>pelting rain</gloss>
@@ -13 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>heavy rain</gloss>
@@ -15 +14,0 @@
-<gloss>pelting rain</gloss>
3. A 2024-01-20 20:55:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2024-01-20 18:30:53  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5 追加語彙, meikyo

〈鉄/てっ/テッ〉〈砲/ぽう/ポウ〉〈雨/あめ/アメ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 鉄砲雨    │ 139 │
│ てっぽうアメ │  21 │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴─────╯
  Comments:
I lifted some glosses from our other "heavy rain" entries.
This one might be [rare].
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>torrential rain</gloss>
@@ -12,0 +14,2 @@
+<gloss>downpour</gloss>
+<gloss>pelting rain</gloss>
1. A* 2024-01-20 16:46:59 
  Refs:
三省堂 スーパー大辞林; デジタル大辞泉

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