雫

しずく · shizuku · JLPT N1 · noun

drop

💧 雨 (rain) + 下 (down) = rain falling down = one drop

The kanji stacks 雨 (rain) on top of 下 (down), so it reads as rain going downward. しずく is the word for a single falling drop of water.

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