Here in the northern hemisphere the vernal equinox just occurred, signaling that spring has officially begun. Awesome! Assuming the weather is behaving itself (we know some of you just got even more snow), this means there should be plenty of rain on the way. James Chapman (previously featured here) is here to teach us the onomatopoetic words for rain in seven different languages, including three different types of rain in Japanese.
Japan, you have a sound for everything.
(Disclaimer: pitter patter is used in England, maybe not everywhere else?)