雨女

雨女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	女
あめ Grade: 1	おんな Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

雨女 (hiragana あめおんな, rōmaji ame onna)

1. A woman whose presence always seems to bring rain.

See also

• 雨男 (あめおとこ) (ame otoko): a man whose presence always seems to bring rain
• 雪女 (ゆきおんな) (yuki onna): a snow spirit; spirit of woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months.
• 雪男 (ゆきおとこ) (yuki otoko): abominable snowman (modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the 雪女)