What were the recent heavy rains in Kyushu called?


What were the recent heavy rains in Japan called? Where the terms tsuyu or
ooame used to describe the rain?




I frequently saw 大雨｛おおあめ｝ on the weather forecast while I was in Japan. That
describes what kind of rain is falling ([heavy
rain](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%9B%A8)). If anything, this is what
they used.

梅雨｛つゆ｝is a time of year, a rainy season (around mid May to mid July). I would
_not_ use 梅雨 to describe the recent heavy rain because of its association with
the season.

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**Edit:**

I looked over some of my Japanese friends' social media posts, and I found
that 大雨 was very commonly used. Another word that was used was
[豪雨｛ごうう｝](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%B1%AA%E9%9B%A8). According to
[Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/heavy%20rain), there is also 多雨｛たう｝,
which makes sense if you know the kanji, but I haven't seen it used very much.

Below is a screen shot of a post from one of my friends that uses both 大雨 and
豪雨.

[![Screen shot of
post.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gbPQi.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gbPQi.png)




I frequently saw 大雨｛おおあめ｝ on the weather forecast while I was in Japan. That
describes what kind of rain is falling ([heavy
rain](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%9B%A8)). If anything, this is what
they used.

梅雨｛つゆ｝is a time of year, a rainy season (around mid May to mid July). I would
_not_ use 梅雨 to describe the recent heavy rain because of its association with
the season.

* * *

**Edit:**

I looked over some of my Japanese friends' social media posts, and I found
that 大雨 was very commonly used. Another word that was used was
[豪雨｛ごうう｝](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%B1%AA%E9%9B%A8). According to
[Jisho.org](https://jisho.org/search/heavy%20rain), there is also 多雨｛たう｝,
which makes sense if you know the kanji, but I haven't seen it used very much.

Below is a screen shot of a post from one of my friends that uses both 大雨 and
豪雨.

[![Screen shot of
post.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gbPQi.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gbPQi.png)

