Chinese edit

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
rain
trad. (大雨)
simp. #(大雨)

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大雨

  1. heavy rain; downpour (Classifier: )
    大雨  ―  xià dàyǔ  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall
    大雨 [Cantonese]  ―  lok6 daai6 jyu5 [Jyutping]  ―  (of heavy rain) to fall

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
あめ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/opoame/ → /oɸoame/ → /owoame/ → /ooame/ → /oːame/. Compound of (ō, big) +‎ (ame, rain).

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(おお)(あめ) (ōameおほあめ (ofoame)?

  1. (weather) heavy rain, downpour

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大雨(ひちさめ) (hichisame

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 2 edit

/hidisame/ → /hizisame/ [hidʑisame]. Cognate with 大雨 (hichisame).

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大雨(ひじさめ) (hijisameひぢさめ (fidisame)?

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 3 edit

/hitisame/ → /hitame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun edit

大雨(ひため) (hitameひため (fitame)?

  1. (weather) drenching rains

Etymology 4 edit

/hitisame/ → /hisame/. From 大雨 (hichisame).

Noun edit

大雨(ひさめ) (hisame

  1. (weather) drenching rains

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN