雨

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 今日は雨です。▶ —
   It's raining today.
2. 雨が降っています。▶ —
   It is raining.

Collocations

Mnemonic

雨 ame (rain) — homophone 飴 ame (candy) handled as separate slugs under v1.1 A-2 (ame-rain / ame-candy). Pairs with the verb 降る furu (to fall): 雨が降る "rain falls". "Rain stopped" uses 止む yamu (batch 7): 雨が止んだ.

Quick check

1. What is the natural way to say "it is raining"?

   • 雨が降っています ame ga futte imasu (correct, ongoing)
   • 雨があります (= "rain exists", unnatural)
   • 雨をします (ungrammatical — rain doesn't take する)
   • 雨です (= "It is rain", acceptable but less vivid)