Rain starting and stopping
Word sets, Stage 4chunk 16 of 33Seasons and weather
Say it's raining, it's stopped, or it's cleared up.
Mix-ups yamu (weather stops by itself) gets mixed up with yameru (someone quits).
furu
polite furimasu
fall (rain, snow)
Only for things falling from the sky: ame ga furu, yuki ga furu.
Same sound as furu 'wave; dump someone'.
soto, ame mada futteru?
Is it still raining outside?
外、雨まだ降ってる？
soto wa mada ame ga futte imasu ka?
Is it still raining outside?
外はまだ雨が降っていますか？
Written 降る · ふる · 降りますRank #2179 in 3,030 TV dramas
yamu
polite yamimasu
stop (rain, snow, wind)
For weather or noise stopping by itself.
Not yameru (quit), which someone does on purpose.
ame yanda kara, ikou ka.
The rain's stopped, so shall we go?
雨止んだから、行こうか。
ame ga yanda node, ikimashou ka.
The rain has stopped, so shall we go?
雨が止んだので、行きましょうか。
Written 止む · やむ · 止みますRank #14280 in 3,030 TV dramas
hareru
polite haremasu
clear up; be sunny
Mostly past or -te form: hareta (it cleared up), hareteru (it's sunny).
The noun hare is the forecast word for 'sunny'.
yatto hareta ne, yokatta.
It finally cleared up, thank goodness.
やっと晴れたね、よかった。
yatto haremashita ne, yokatta desu.
It's finally cleared up, I'm glad.
やっと晴れましたね、よかったです。
Written 晴れる · はれる · 晴れますRank #2893 in 3,030 TV dramas