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rain 雨
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| Explanation |
View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
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雨
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| rain
ame, ama, U
雨
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View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,= The upper line 一 is a rain cloud.
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雲
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| cloud
kumo, UN
雨
云
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), bottom: fog 云
Both rain and fog come out of clouds.
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雪
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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yuki, SETSU
雨
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Top: rain 雨 (View from a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=) and below: hand ナ/ヨ (with the fingers to the left)
Rain that you can hold in your hand, is snow.
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電
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: 电 (rice field 田 with an extra stroke 乚 as a lightning arrester/rod)
When it rains in the rice field, you need a lightning arrester because of the electricity. (Or: Thunder 雷 [かみなり] with an arrester 乚)
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需
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| need, demand
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: beard 而
(The low-lime level of rainwater is particularly good for beard care) Rain at the beard is needed!
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儒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Confucianism
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Left: person 人, right: need 需 (For conditioning the beard) The low-lime-content of rain-雨-water on the beard 而 is a need.)
The person in the rain with a (long) beard is Confucius.
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震
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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furuu/eru, SHIN
雨
辰
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), bottom: plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农 = Chinese for farmer])
When rain makes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".
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霜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shimo, SŌ
雨
目
相
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: mutual, minister 相 (tree 木, eye 目)
(Sometimes hoar frost makes the trees white) This 'rain' in the trees can be seen, because it is: frost.
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曇
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| to cloud, dim, mar, fog
kumoru, DON
日
雨
云
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Top: sun 日, bottom: cloud 雲 (= rain 雨 & fog 云)
If the sun is above the clouds, it is cloudy.
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雰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| atmosphere, ambience, mood
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: divide 分 (.. with eight 八 swords 刀)
The rain is only a part of the atmosphere.
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霧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mist, fog
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Top: rain 雨, below: duty/work 務 (a lance 矛, needs to be hit 攵 with strength 力, that's its duty)
Rain did its duty, and now we have fog.
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雷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| thunder, thunderbolt
kaminari, RAI
雨
田
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: field 田
When it rains in the fields there is also: thunder.
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零
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| zero, null, nil, to overflow
koboreru, REI
雨
令
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Top: rain 雨, bottom: order, command 令 (A lid  on the bent person 卩, That was ordered!)
The rain shall be ordered to fall? That can nobody = zero persons!
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霊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| spirit, soul
tama, REI, RYŌ
雨
並
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Top: rain 雨, middle line 一, below: line up 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立, now merged to 並)
Rain falls on lined up spirits.
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麗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| beautiful, lovely, graceful, charming
uruwashii, REI
雨
鹿
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Top: twice simplified rain 雨, below: simplified deer 鹿
Much rain and deer: How beautiful!
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露
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Russia, dew, open, public, reveal, small
tsuyu, RO, RŌ
雨
足
各
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Top: rain 雨, below: street 路 (Feet 足 are on every 各 street.)
Like a "rain" on the streets of Russia is the: dew.
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漏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| leak, escape
moru/reru/rasu, RŌ
氵
尸
雨
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Left: water 氵, right: buttock from the side 尸, rain 雨
The water on the buttock is rain, but is leaking down.
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