It Was Cloudless an Hour Ago. Japan Has a Word for the Wall of Water Now Coming Down.
To say sudden localized downpour in Japanese, say ゲリラ豪雨 (gerira gouu).
Thirty six degrees and blue sky at lunch. By three every phone in the train car is shrieking and the street outside is a river.
ゲリラ豪雨
gerira gouu
sudden localized downpour
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- ゲリラ豪雨です。 gerira gouu desu. It's a guerrilla downpour.
- ゲリラ豪雨です。すぐにやみますよ。 gerira gouu desu. sugu ni yamimasu yo. It's a guerrilla downpour. It'll stop soon.
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