LingakuFrequency rank: 22,140. – 22,272.
- to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
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- to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
This phrase is used to indicate the start of precipitation, such as rain or snow. It often suggests a change in weather that is just beginning.
When it begins to snow, the scenery changes.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ふりはじめる降り始めるto begin to fall (rain, etc.)あめがふり雨が降りはじめる始めるto begin to rainゆき雪がふりはじめる降り始めるto begin to snowとつぜん突然おりはじめる降り始めるto suddenly begin to fallふりはじめる降り始めるまえに前にbefore it begins to fallふりはじめた降り始めたばかりjust begun to fallふりはじめ降り始めのあめ雨rain that has just started to fallふりはじめる降り始めるころにaround the time it begins to fallふりはじめる降り始めるときwhen it begins to fallてんきよほう天気予報でおりはじめる降り始めるといっていた言っていたthe weather forecast said it would begin to fall
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The wind was blowing violently, and to make matters worse, it began raining.
I needn't have watered the flowers. Just after I finished, it started raining.
I needn't have watered the flowers. Just after I finished, it started raining.
I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.
No sooner had we reached the station than it began to rain.