It means "It's pouring buckets," and is the equivalent of the English "It's raining cats and dogs," which is what it's been doing non-stop for the past 3 days. My laaaws!
So, because of the rain, I've been doing two things, mostly:
1. Reading: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and picking up expressions like "Well doesn't that just dog my cats," "Gimme a chaw 'v ta-backer, Jimmie." Man that Sam Clemens is a sharp writer.
2. Studying Japanese "Koto-waza." These are funny idioms that make Japanese laugh when I use them (like the 'It's pouring buckets."). I also like "Goma Suru," which literally means to grind sesame, but the idiomatic meaning is "ass kissing." Ha!
I've also been watching the river on my bike ride to school - it's rising exponentially every day, there was even a heavy rain/flood warning today and school was cancelled. It's already spilled over the first stone barriers and is slowly creeping onto the athletic field next to the river. I wonder if it ever floods over onto the road?
Exciting stuff, I know. The rain has (luckily) cooled things off a little bit, but it's supposed to be sunny again starting Saturday, just in time for my climb (I'm headed to Mt. Fuji next weekend to stand in a line with 3000 Japanese people, waiting to hike 7 hours up a big hill).
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