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雷以動之，風以散之，雨以潤之，日以烜之。
雷以动之，风以散之，雨以润之，日以烜之。 - From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Léi yǐ dòng zhī, fēng yǐ sàn zhī, yǔ yǐ rùn zhī, rì yǐ xuǎn zhī.
- Thunder serves to put things in motion; wind to scatter (the genial seeds of) them; rain to moisten them; the sun to warm them.
雨我公田，遂及我私。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yù wǒ gōng tián, suì jí wǒ sī.
- May it rain first on our public fields, and then come to our private!
北風其涼，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，攜手同行。其虛其邪，既亟只且。
北风其凉，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，携手同行。其虚其邪，既亟只且。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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.
- 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!
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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
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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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