横板に雨垂れ よこいたにあまだれ Meanings Expression, Noun halting speech; stammering (literally: (like) rain water (slowly) dripping off a horizontal board) Antonym: 立て板に水 (たていたにみず). Kanji 横 sideways. Read as よこ. 板 board. Read as いた. 雨 rain. Read as あま. 垂 dangle. Read as たれ. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists