土砂降り・どしゃ降り|どしゃぶりdoshaburi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundownpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
   雨あめが土砂降どしゃぶりになった。↗

   The rain came down in buckets.

• Synonym大雨おおあめNeutralRefers to a large volume of rain, in a fairly objective way, as in 「大雨警報」; 「土砂降り」 is colloquial and stresses how hard the rain falls.
• Synonym豪雨ごううWrittenTorrential rain that is both fierce and heavy in volume, mostly in news reports, as in 「集中豪雨」; 「土砂降り」 is everyday colloquial speech.
• Antonym霧雨きりさめNeutralMist-like, fine drizzle — the opposite of the drenching downpour described by 「土砂降り」.
• Antonym小雨こさめNeutralLight, sparse rain — the opposite of 「土砂降り」.
• Antonym晴れはれNeutralClear, sunny weather — the opposite of the heavy rain of 「土砂降り」.

Use 「土砂降り」 in everyday speech for rain coming down hard, as in 「土砂降りの雨」. Weather forecasts say 「大雨」; 「豪雨」 is written/formal for fierce, heavy rain. For drizzle say 「霧雨」.

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1. 雨あめが激はげしく降ふること、大雨おおあめが降ふること。激はげしく降ふる雨あめ、大雨おおあめ。