1.
rainy sky; overcast sky; sky threatening rain
A sky that is either raining or appears ready to rain, with heavy clouds and a gray, dark appearance.
今日は一日雨空だった。
It was a rainy sky all day today.
雨空の下、傘をさして歩いた。
I walked with an umbrella under the rainy sky.
朝から雨空が続いていたが、夕方になってようやく晴れ間が見えた。
The overcast sky continued from morning, but a break in the clouds finally appeared toward evening.
A compound of 雨 (rain) and 空 (sky), where 雨 uses the combining form あま rather than あめ. Evokes a mood of gloom or melancholy, and is common in literary and poetic contexts as well as weather descriptions.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 雨空が広がる: an overcast sky spreads
- 雨空の下: under a rainy sky
- 雨空が続く: the rainy sky continues
- どんよりした雨空: a gloomy, overcast sky
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 曇り空: cloudy sky — overcast but not necessarily rainy
- 夕焼け空: sunset sky — a sky pattern compound with the same structure
- 梅雨空: rainy season sky — specifically the sky during Japan's June-July rainy season