Wind and storms
Word sets, Stage 3chunk 7 of 19Seasons and weather
Talk about wind, typhoons, thunder and the rainy season.
Mix-ups kaze 'wind' and kaze 'a cold' sound the same.
kaze
wind
Wind blows with fuku: kaze ga fuku. Windy is kaze ga tsuyoi.
Same sound as kaze 'a cold' (kaze o hiku = catch a cold).
kyou wa kaze ga tsuyoi ne.
It's really windy today.
今日は風が強いね。
kyou wa kaze ga tsuyoi desu ne.
It's windy today, isn't it.
今日は風が強いですね。
Written 風 · かぜRank #1532 in 3,030 TV dramas
taifuu
typhoon
Typhoons come late summer to autumn; taifuu ga kuru = a typhoon is coming.
taifuu kuru kara, ashita yasumi kamo.
A typhoon's coming, so tomorrow might be a day off.
台風来るから、明日休みかも。
taifuu ga kuru node, ashita wa yasumi ni naru kamo shiremasen.
A typhoon is coming, so tomorrow may be a day off.
台風が来るので、明日は休みになるかもしれません。
Written 台風 · たいふうRank #8171 in 3,030 TV dramas
kaminari
thunder; lightning
One word for both; kaminari ga naru = it thunders.
kaminari ga ochiru = lightning strikes.
uwa, kaminari natteru, kowai.
Whoa, it's thundering. Scary.
うわ、雷鳴ってる、怖い。
kaminari ga natte imasu ne. kowai desu.
It's thundering, isn't it. It's scary.
雷が鳴っていますね。怖いです。
Written 雷 · かみなりRank #7324 in 3,030 TV dramas
tsuyu
rainy season
Japan's early-summer rains, roughly June to mid-July.
tsuyuake = the end of the rainy season. Same sound as tsuyu 'dipping sauce'.
mou tsuyu ni haitta n da.
So the rainy season's started already.
もう梅雨に入ったんだ。
mou tsuyu ni hairimashita ne.
The rainy season has started already, hasn't it.
もう梅雨に入りましたね。
Written 梅雨 · つゆRank #22408 in 3,030 TV dramas