夜雨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	雨
よ Grade: 2	さめ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) +‎ 雨 (same, “rain”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よさめ [yòsámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞sa̠me̞]

Noun

夜(よ)雨(さめ) • (yosame)

rain that falls during the nighttime; night rain

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夜	雨
や Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やう [yáꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

夜(や)雨(う) • (yau)

night rain

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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