rain

(Shinto, Japanese mythology, agriculture) one of the eight agricultural offenses that is said to have been committed in the 高天原 (Takamagahara, “Plain of High Heaven”), notably by the unruly god 素戔嗚 (Susanoo), namely 畔放 (ahanachi, “breaking down ridges”), 溝埋 (mizoume, “covering ditches”), 樋放 (hihanachi, “releasing irrigation sluices”), 重播 (shikimaki, “double planting”), 串刺 (kushisashi, “setting up stakes”), 生剥 (ikehagi, “skinning alive”), 逆剥 (sakahagi, “skinning backward”) and 糞戸 (kusohe, “defecation”)

Synonym of 雨雫 (ameshizuku /あめしずく/) above.

Same as above.

(of pets, animals, etc...) play biting

a mythical creature said to emerge from the sea and predict either good harvest or epidemic disease

Synonym of 乱層雲 (ransōun, “nimbostratus”); rain cloud

raingear

storm shutter, storm door

take shelter from the rain