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霰

霰: small hail

small hail; hailstones
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Readings

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あられ

霰 (あられ) is small hail or graupel, smaller than 雹 (ひょう); it also names crisp rice crackers, 霰餅.

Key words

霰あられsmall hail; graupel
霰餅あられもちrice crackers
霰弾さんだんbuckshot; shrapnel

Example sentences

Small hail fell from the winter sky, pattering on the roof.

Nibbling on arare rice crackers with tea, my grandmother told me old stories.

The hunter aimed at a duck with a gun loaded with buckshot.

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