ゲリラ豪雨

ゲリラごうう

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain See also: ゲリラ.

Kanji

• 豪 grand. Read as ゴウ.
• 雨 rain. Read as ウ.

Example sentences

• あのね、ゴリラ豪雨じゃなくて、ゲリラ豪雨だよ。ちゃんとわかってる？
  It's not "gorilla rain", but "guerrilla rain"; do you understand?
• 今年の夏は少雨による水不足が懸念される一方で、局地的なゲリラ豪雨は昨年の3.5倍になるとの予想も出ている。
  On one hand, water shortages are expected this summer because of lower rainfall, but on the other hand, large rainstorms are 3.5 times more likely locally than last year.

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