しのつく – Vocabulary details

しのつく

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)

1. to pelt down (of rain); to pour

Alt. forms

しのつく

篠しの突つく

Pitch accent

し

のつ

く

Conjugations...Used in: 42

Composed of

しの

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

つく

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

しのつく雨あめ

pelting rain; pouring rain; driving rain; downpour