Tourist Simple survival phrases anyone can say
大雨です。
Ōame desu
It is heavy rain.
大雨 = heavy rain
Expat Natural conversational sentences
大雨で外に出られません。
Ōame de soto ni deraremasen
It's heavy rain, can't go outside.
出られない = cannot go out, natural
Local Idioms and expressions that sound native
土砂降りで傘も役に立たないくらいですよ!
Doshaburi de kasa mo yaku ni tatanai kurai desu yo!
It's a downpour so bad even an umbrella is useless!
役に立たない = useless; くらい = to the degree that
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