| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 藪 | 雨 |
| やぶ Hyōgai | さめ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 薮雨 藪鮫 薮鮫 |
Compound of藪(yabu,“bush”) +雨(same,“rain”). Literally bush-rain, named after the way that light rainfall falls on a bush.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is oftenspelled inkatakana, especially inbiological contexts (where katakana is customary).