Japanese word list 3 – weather related words in Japanese (1)
Let’s learn how to describe the weather in Japanese!
■ Tenki no tango ①
words related the weather ①
| 1 | tenki | てんき | weather | noun |
| 2 | tenki yohoo | てんきよほう | weather forcast | noun |
| 3 | hare | はれ | sunny | adjective |
| 4 | kumori | くもり | cloud | noun |
| 5 | ame | あめ | rain | noun |
| 6 | yuki | ゆき | snow | noun |
| 7 | kaze | かぜ | wind | noun |
■ Reibun
Example sentences using words related to the weather.
① tenki wa doo desu ka?
= How is the weather?
② tenki wa donna kanji desu ka?
= What’s the weather like?
③ kyoo wa tenki ga ii desu.
= The weather is nice today.
④ kyoo wa hidoi tenki deshita.
= The weather was terrible today.
⑤ kaze ga totemo tsuyoi desu.
= It’s very windy.
⑥ ame ga hidoi desu.
= It’s raining hard. or It’s raining terribly.
⑦ kyoo wa kumo ga takusan ari-masu.
= There are many clouds today.
■ tenki no tango ② / words related the weather ② <verbs>
| 8 | yuki ga furi-masu | ゆきが ふります | verb | to snow, it snows |
| 9 | ame ga furi-masu | あめが ふります | verb | to rain, it rains |
| 10 | kaze ga fuki-masu | かぜが ふきます | verb | the wind blows |
| 11 | ame ga yami-masu | あめが やみます | verb | it is going to stop raining. (stop snowing, the wind stop) |
| 12 | hare-masu | はれます | verb | it will be find (sunny), it is going to be fune (sunny) |
| 13 | kumori-masu | くもります | verb | it will become cloudy, it is going to be cloudy |
| 14 | tenki ga yokunari-masu | てんきが よくなります | verb | the weather will be good |
| 15 | taifuu ga ki-masu | たいふうが きます | verb | the typhoon will come / is coming |
■ reibun 2 / Example sentences using words related to the weather.
① soto wa ame ga futte-imasu ka?
= Is it raining outside?
② ashita wa ame ga furi-masu.
= It will rain tomorrow.
③ ame ga yami-mashita kara, dekake-mashoo!
= Let’s go out the rain has stopped!
④ mite-kudasai, yuki ga futte-imasu yo.
= Oh look! It’s snowing outside.
⑤ tenkiyohoo niyoruto, taifuu ga kite-imasu.
= A typhoon is coming, according to the weather forcast.
⑥ ashita wa tenki ga yokunaru-deshoo.
= The weather will be good tomorrow.
