突然雨が降り始めた。

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突然 雨 が 降り始めた 。

English Translation

All of a sudden, it began raining.

Furigana

突然(とつぜん)雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Totsuzen ame ga furihajimeta.

Words

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

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

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

然

Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

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