{"id":2298,"date":"2025-06-20T09:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:31:15","slug":"%e3%81%88%ef%bc%81%ef%bc%9f%e9%9b%a8%e5%a5%b3%e3%83%bb%e9%9b%a8%e7%94%b7%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a6%e3%81%aa%e3%81%ab%ef%bc%9f%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%ae%e3%83%a6%e3%83%8b%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/archives\/2298","title":{"rendered":"What is a "rain woman" or "rain man"? A unique Japanese expression"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Japan, there are some somewhat unique and interesting expressions.
That "Rain woman" and "rain man"<\/strong> That's the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[What are rain women and rain men?]<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An "rain woman" or "rain man" is someone for whom it always rains on the day of an important event or trip.
For example, here is the scene:
We were looking forward to going to Disneyland during our school trip when it was suddenly hit by heavy rain.
On the day of our wedding, it rained even though it had been sunny for a week.
The day of the outdoor live performance was unexpectedly hit by a typhoon.

In such a case, the Japanese say:
"Ah, Mr. XX is definitely a rain girl\/rain guy!"<\/strong>
In other words, it's a culture where people jokingly say, "When that person comes, it will rain."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Isn't that a bad thing?]<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No, it's basically a humorous and friendly expression.
Of course, it's disappointing when it rains at an event you want to be sunny at,
It's a kind-hearted Japanese joke to make people laugh by saying, "It's not anyone's fault."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Rain also becomes a fun memory]<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Japanese people are happy even when things don't go as planned.
He has the power to turn things into fun with his sense of words and humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expression "rain woman\/rain man" is
This is one aspect of Japanese culture that even makes fun of natural phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time it rains, how would you describe it in your country?
Learning about Japan's "rain culture" might make rainy days a little more enjoyable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Japan, there are some unique and interesting expressions. They are "ame-onna" (rain woman) and "ame-otoko" (rain man).","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2322,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.plat-clover.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}