Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あめ
Grade: 1
つづ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
雨續き (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (ame, rain) +‎ 続き (tsuzuki, continuing, continuation, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative form) of verb 続く tsuzuku, “to continue”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [a̠me̞t͡sɯᵝd͡zɯᵝki], [a̠me̞t͡sɯᵝzɯᵝki]

Noun edit

(あめ)(つづ) (ametsuzuki

  1. raining for days on end
    このところ雨続(あめつづ)だ。
    Kono tokoro ametsuzuki da.
    It rained for days.