rain

雨

雲から小さな水滴となって降る水。

やさしい英語で： Water that falls from clouds in small drops.

• The rain has stopped.
• We walked home in the rain.
• Heavy rains flooded the fields last week.

類義語： rainfall

よく使う表現： heavy rain, in the rain, light rain

雨

多くのものが雨のように一斉に空中から落ちること。

やさしい英語で： A large number of things falling through the air together.

• A rain of stones hit the roof.
• We sheltered from a rain of falling glass.
• The fire sent a rain of sparks over the yard.

使い方： a rain of something (A rain of sparks fell onto the floor.)

類義語： shower

よく使う表現： rain of sparks, rain of bullets, rain of stones

雨が降る

雲から水滴が降ってくる。

やさしい英語で： When this happens, drops of water fall from clouds.

• It is raining outside.
• It rained all night.
• Will it rain tomorrow?

使い方： it rains (It rains a lot here in winter.)

よく使う表現： rain heavily, rain all day, rain again, rain hard

浴びせる

多くのものを次々に素早く相手に向けて送る。

やさしい英語で： To send or deliver many things quickly, one after another.

• The boxer rained blows on his opponent.
• Critics rained insults on the director.
• The soldiers rained bullets on the building.

使い方： rain something on someone/something (The boxer rained punches on his opponent.); rain down something on someone/something (They rained down criticism on the new leader.)

類義語： shower

よく使う表現： rain blows, rain something on someone, rain down something