雨女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	女
あめ Grade: 1	おんな Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠me̞ õ̞nːa̠]

Noun

雨(あめ)女(おんな) • (ame onna) 

1. A woman whose presence always seems to bring rain.

See also

• 雨男(あめおとこ) (ame otoko): a man whose presence always seems to bring rain
• 雪女(ゆきおんな) (yuki onna): a snow spirit; spirit of woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months.
• 雪男(ゆきおとこ) (yuki otoko): abominable snowman (modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the 雪女)