あめ
雨
ふ
降
　
っ
　
て
じ
地
かた
固
　
ま
　
る

expression

Proverb.
  1. adversity strengthens the foundations, after a storm comes a calm, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
あめ
雨
ふ
降
　
っ
　
て
じ
地
かた
固
　
ま
　
る
 雨降って地固まる あめふってじかたまる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rain
あめ　あま-　ウ (1st, N5)
descend, precipitate, fall
ふ.る　コウ　お.りる (6th, N3)
to descend, to come down from heaven, to send down
コウ　ゴ　お.りる
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant
ground, earth
チ　ジ　どま (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
to be (classical)
ヤ　なり　エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ　メ　やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
harden, set, clot
かた.める　コ (4th, N2)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ　コク (Kentei 1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)