霧雨(きりさめ)

きりさめ
noun
drizzle; misty rain; fine rain
1. drizzle; misty rain; fine rain
Very light rain with extremely fine droplets, similar to mist.
霧雨(きりさめ)が降(ふ)っている。
It's drizzling.
霧雨(きりさめ)で服(ふく)がしっとり濡(ぬ)れた。
My clothes got damp from the drizzle.
傘(かさ)をさすほどでもない霧雨(きりさめ)だった。
It was a light drizzle, not enough to need an umbrella.

ETYMOLOGY:
霧(きり) (mist, fog) + 雨(あめ/さめ) (rain) - literally "mist-rain"

RELATED RAIN VOCABULARY:

  • 小雨(こさめ) - light rain
  • 土砂降(どしゃぶ)り - downpour
  • にわか雨(あめ) - sudden shower
  • 通(とお)り雨(あめ) - passing shower

WEATHER COLLOCATIONS:

  • 霧雨(きりさめ)が降(ふ)る - drizzle falls
  • 霧雨(きりさめ)に濡(ぬ)れる - to get wet from drizzle
general
Added 2026.1.21 8:30
07500/07684_kirisame