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Weather & Climate

ざんざん

zan-zan

Heavy, relentless downpour

A fierce, unrelenting rainstorm drenching everything. Emphasizes the persistent, punishing nature of the rain.

💡Getting caught in a storm — 'We got soaked because it was raining zan-zan.'

Example

ざんざん降りの雨でずぶ濡れになった。

We got drenched in the zan-zan downpour.

Quiz yourself

It was raining ___ and we were soaked through in seconds.

○○降りの雨で、あっという間にずぶ濡れになった。

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Intermediate