雨降

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	降
あめ Grade: 1	ふ(らし) Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
雨虎 アメフラシ

Etymology

雨(あめ) (ame, “rain”) + 降(ふ)らし (furashi, noun form of 降(ふ)らす (furasu, “to make fall”)), because they release purple ink which resembles rain cloud.

Noun

雨(あめ)降(ふらし) • (amefurashi) 

1. sea hare