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Sentence #21785

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sabretou sabretou April 21, 2021 April 21, 2021 at 5:55:22 AM UTC link Permalink

Would this sound more natural as "...a lot of rain..."?

CK CK April 22, 2021, edited April 22, 2021 April 22, 2021 at 12:12:55 AM UTC, edited April 22, 2021 at 12:16:33 AM UTC link Permalink

> Would this sound more natural as "...a lot of rain..."?

To an American, yes.

I would translate the Japanese with "Generally" or "Generally speaking" perhaps rather than "As a rule," I think.

Note that we have a number of sentences with "a lot of rain."

[#6390979] We've had a lot of rain. (CarpeLanam) *audio*
[#247562] We have a lot of rain in June. (CK) *audio*
[#3890518] There's a lot of rain in June. (AlanF_US) *audio*
[#9601990] We have a lot of rain in July. (CK) *audio*
[#19422] We had a lot of rain last year. (CK) *audio*
[#244399] We had a lot of rain yesterday. (CK) *audio*
[#272688] We had a lot of rain last month. (CK) *audio*
[#1656057] We had a lot of rain this month. (kerbear407) *audio*
[#5586337] We've had a lot of rain recently. (CK) *audio*
[#9669256] We had a lot of rain last summer. (CK) *audio*
[#243139] We've had a lot of rain this year. (CK) *audio*
[#242019] We've had a lot of rain this month. (CK) *audio*
[#7735811] Do you get a lot of rain in October? (CK) *audio*
[#419645] There's been a lot of rain this year. (CK) *audio*
[#1452536] We have had a lot of rain this summer. (CK) *audio*
[#7465201] There's been a lot of rain this month. (AlanF_US) *audio*
[#1452539] There's been a lot of rain this summer. (CK) *audio*
[#5166484] We don't get a lot of rain around here. (CK) *audio*
[#6029625] We have a lot of rain in June and July. (CK) *audio*
[#1421978] There's a lot of rain all the year round. (CK) *audio*
[#8341028] Do you get a lot of rain here? (CK)
[#9475848] We've been getting a lot of rain. (CK)
[#281200] In Japan we have a lot of rain in June. (CK)
[#9456577] We're having a lot of rain this summer. (sundown)
[#9475849] We've been getting a lot of rain lately. (CK)
[#21792] As a rule, we have a lot of rain in the fall. (CK)
[#6239016] This time of year always has a lot of rain. (CK)
[#1310746] They get a lot of rain all through the year. (CK)
[#72446] June is the month when we have a lot of rain. (Dejo)
[#6235958] We always get a lot of rain this time of year. (CK)


auxitt auxitt December 14, 2021 December 14, 2021 at 3:01:30 AM UTC link Permalink

Just added a comma because it was bothering me.

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez December 14, 2021 December 14, 2021 at 4:20:12 AM UTC link Permalink

I would've done the same

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As a rule we have much rain in June in Japan.

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As a rule, we have much rain in June in Japan.

edited by auxitt, December 14, 2021