Godan verb with 'ku' ending; intransitive verb
  1. to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)see also ぱらぱら
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Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)
  2. This meaning is used to describe light rain that falls in small drops, often irregularly or intermittently. It indicates a gentle or sparse type of rainfall.
    It has started to sprinkle rain.
    When I went outside, the sprinkling rain hit my face.
Generated collocations (experimental)
sprinkling rainthe rain is sprinklingflurrying snowintermittent weatherようlight rain that sprinklesintermittent weather forecastdrizzling mistto sprinkle outsideto fall in a sprinkling manner
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