雨が土砂降りに降り始めた。
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English Translation
It began to rain cats and dogs.
Furigana
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