豪雨

Chinese
grand; heroic; luxurious rain
simp. and trad.
(豪雨)		 豪 雨

Pronunciation

Noun

豪雨

  1. heavy rain; downpour; torrential rain

Japanese
Kanji in this term
豪 雨
ごう
Grade: S		 う
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

豪雨 (hiragana ごうう, rōmaji gōu)

  1. downpour, heavy rain
    • 2011, NHK News:
      高 (こう)知 (ち)県 (けん)では１０００ (せん)ミリを超 (こ)える豪 (ごう)雨 (う)になるなど、四国 (しこく)から関 (かん)東 (とう)にかけての広 (ひろ)い範 (はん)囲 (い)で激 (はげ)しい雨 (あめ)が降 (ふ)り続 (つづ)いています。
      Kōchi-ken de wa sen miri o koeru gōu ni naru nado, Shikoku kara Kantō ni kakete no hiroi han'i de hageshii ame ga furitsuzuiteimasu.
      Heavy rain continues to fall over a wide area extending from Shikoku to Kanto including a downpour of over 1000 millimeters in Kochi Prefecture.

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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