Citations:雨

Chinese citations of 雨

Noun: “rain”

• 雷以動之，風以散之，雨以潤之，日以烜之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  雷以动之，风以散之，雨以润之，日以烜之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

  Léi yǐ dòng zhī, fēng yǐ sàn zhī, yǔ yǐ rùn zhī, rì yǐ xuǎn zhī. [Pinyin]

  Thunder serves to put things in motion; wind to scatter (the genial seeds of) them; rain to moisten them; the sun to warm them.

Verb: “to rain”

• 雨我公田，遂及我私。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

  Yù wǒ gōng tián, suì jí wǒ sī. [Pinyin]

  May it rain first on our public fields, and then come to our private!

Verb: “to fall from the sky”

• 北風其涼，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，攜手同行。其虛其邪，既亟只且。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  北风其凉，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，携手同行。其虚其邪，既亟只且。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

  Běi fēng qí liáng, yù xuě qí pāng. Huì ér hào wǒ, xié shǒu tóng xíng. Qí xū qí xié, jì jí zhǐ qiě. [Pinyin]

  Cold blows the north wind; Thick falls the snow. Ye who love and regard me, let us join hands and go together. Is it a time for delay? The urgency is extreme!

Japanese citations of 雨

Noun: “rain, rainfall”

• 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1:

  雨　説文云：「水從雲中而下也。」音禹［和名：阿女］

  Rain - according to Shuowen, water from clouds precipitating. (The sound is the same with 禹 (u); Japanese name: ame)

Old Japanese citations of 雨

• 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 81):

  意富麻弊袁麻弊須久泥賀加那斗加宜加久余理許泥阿米多知夜米牟

  Opomape₁-womape₁-sukune ga kanato₁-kage₂ kaku yo₂riko₂ne ame₂ tatiyame₂mu

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