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It began to rain cats and dogs.
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Vocabulary list

ame
noun
  1. rain
  2. rainy day; rainy weather
  3. the November suit (in hanafuda)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
doshaburi
noun
  1. downpour; pouring rain; cloudburst; pelting rain; heavy rain
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
furihajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

furihajimeta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
furu

masu stem

furi
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down
  2. to form (of frost)
  3. to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in
  4. to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hajimeta
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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