How to say “raining” in Japanese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
雨です。
🔊 Ame desu
Literally: “It is rain.”
💡 Simplest form
外は雨が降っています。
🔊 Soto wa ame ga futte imasu
Literally: “Outside rain is falling.”
💡 Standard natural sentence
土砂降りで出かけるどころじゃないですね。
🔊 Doshaburi de dekakeru dokoro ja nai desu ne
Literally: “It's a downpour, this is no time to go out.”
💡 土砂降り = heavy downpour; どころじゃない = no time/place for that, strong native expression
About these Japanese phrases
These Japanese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing raining conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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