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本降り

Reading

Kana: ほんぶり
Romaji: honburi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

regular rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Example Sentences

(あめ)本降(ほんぶ)りになった。
➥The rain is coming down in earnest.
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(あめ)本降(ほんぶ)りになってきた。
➥It began to rain in earnest.
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まもなく(あめ)本降(ほんぶ)りになってきた。
➥It soon began to rain very hard.
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(あめ)本降(ほんぶ)りになってきた。
➥The rain came down in earnest.
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(あめ)本降(ほんぶ)りになりだした。
➥It began raining in earnest.
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