霧雨

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 霧雨 is read as きりさめ and is a noun for fine drizzle or misty rain.
• Basic usage: It can identify the rain that left a path wet or the rainy conditions through which someone walked.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rain as the cause
  • 霧雨で presents the fine drizzle as the reason the stone path became wet. Example: 細かな霧雨で石畳が濡れていた。
• Within the rain
  • 霧雨の中 describes carrying out an action while surrounded by misty rain. Example: 霧雨の中を傘を差さずに歩いた。