雨が土砂降りに降り始めた。

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雨 が 土砂降り に 降り始めた 。

English Translation

It began to rain cats and dogs.

Furigana

雨(あめ)が土砂降(どしゃぶ)りに降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Ame ga doshaburi ni furihajimeta.

Words

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

土砂降り (どしゃぶり)

downpour; pouring rain; cloudburst; pelting rain; heavy rain

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

土

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち

Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey

砂

Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな

Meaning: sand

降

Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す

Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin