In Japanese, "rainstorm" is 暴風雨 (bōfūu). It is a adjective.
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暴風雨 is written in kanji. Romanised as bōfūu, it sounds roughly like "boh-foo-oo" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam暴風雨 is romanised as bōfūu. Say it roughly like "boh-foo-oo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
暴風雨 is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
暴風雨 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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