雨が土砂降りに降り始めた。

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土砂降り 降り始めた

English Translation

It began to rain cats and dogs.

Furigana

(あめ)土砂降(どしゃぶ)りに()(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Ame ga doshaburi ni furihajimeta.

Words

(あめ)
rain
()
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
()
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

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな
Meaning: sand
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
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin