How the air feels
Word sets, Stage 3chunk 6 of 19Seasons and weather
Comment on warm days, cool evenings and muggy summers.
- atatakaiwarm
- suzushiicool (pleasantly)
- mushiatsuihot and humid; muggy
- shikkehumidity; damp
Mix-ups atatakai (pleasant) vs atsui (too hot); suzushii (cool air) vs tsumetai (cold to the touch).
atatakai
polite atatakai desu
warm
Pleasant warmth: weather, rooms, food, kind people. Unpleasant heat is atsui.
Casually said attakai. Written 温かい for food, drinks and kindness.
kyou wa atatakai ne.
It's warm today.
今日は暖かいね。
kyou wa atatakai desu ne.
It's warm today, isn't it.
今日は暖かいですね。
Written 暖かい · あたたかい · 暖かいですRank #2240 in 3,030 TV dramas
suzushii
polite suzushii desu
cool (pleasantly)
For air and weather; cold food or drinks are tsumetai.
suzushii is nice; samui is unpleasantly cold.
yuugata wa suzushiku natta ne.
It's got cooler in the evenings.
夕方は涼しくなったね。
yuugata wa suzushiku narimashita ne.
It's become cooler in the evenings, hasn't it.
夕方は涼しくなりましたね。
Written 涼しい · すずしい · 涼しいですRank #7863 in 3,030 TV dramas
mushiatsui
polite mushiatsui desu
hot and humid; muggy
The standard complaint about Japanese summers.
kyou, honto ni mushiatsui ne.
It's so muggy today.
今日、ほんとに蒸し暑いね。
kyou wa hontou ni mushiatsui desu ne.
It's really muggy today, isn't it.
今日は本当に蒸し暑いですね。
Written 蒸し暑い · むしあつい · 蒸し暑いですRank #25950 in 3,030 TV dramas
shikke
humidity; damp
Comes up with hair, laundry and mould as much as weather.
Also read shikki.
kyou, shikke sugokute kami ga yabai.
It's so humid today, my hair's a mess.
今日、湿気すごくて髪がやばい。
kyou wa shikke ga sugokute, kami ga taihen desu.
It's so humid today, my hair is a disaster.
今日は湿気がすごくて、髪が大変です。
Written 湿気 · しっけRank #20334 in 3,030 TV dramas