“It’s starting to rain” in Japanese?

Hi, I’m Takaya Suzuki. I am a translator from Japan.

How would you say “It’s starting to rain” in Japanese? Today, let’s take a look at how we can say “It’s starting to rain” in Japanese. 今日は “It’s starting to rain” を日本語でどう言うか見ていきます。

“It’s starting to rain” in Japanese would be “雨が降ってきた”

“It’s starting to rain” in Japanese would be “雨が降ってきた”.

「雨が降ってきた」
“It’s starting to rain.”

When something is starting to happen, you can describe that by using the て-form + きた.

“雨 (あめ)” is a noun meaning rain, and “降 (ふ) って” is the て-form of the verb “降る”, which means to fall.

“雨が降ってきた” means “It’s starting to rain.”

Phrases related to “It’s starting to rain” in Japanese

“It’s starting to rain” in Japanese would be “雨が降ってきた”. Now, let’s take a look at some phrases related to “It’s starting to rain” in Japanese.

「雨」

雨が降ってきた (It’s starting to rain)
雨が降っている (It’s raining)

「てきた」

雨が降ってきた (It’s starting to rain)
雪が降ってきた (It’s starting to snow)
寒くなってきた (It’s getting cold)
暗くなってきた (It’s getting dark)

How was it? Today, we took a look at how we could say “It’s starting to rain” in Japanese. 今日は “It’s starting to rain” の日本語での言い方をご紹介しました。

ありがとうございました！