しとしと

Japanese

Etymology

Onomatopoetic.

Adverb

しとしと • (shitoshito) 

1. drizzling, drizzly

   しとしと雨(あめ)や曇(くも)りの日(ひ)にバラを見(み)に出(で)かけるのもいいかもしれませんね。

   Shitoshito ame yakumori no hi ni bara o mi ni dekakeru no mo ii kamoshiremasen ne.

   Going out to see the roses is nice even when it's cloudy or drizzly, don't you think?

2. gently raining

Antonyms

• ザーザー (zāzā)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.