Japan is a country with four distinctive seasons. It has high humidity because the nation is basically collection of islands surrounded by the sea. And due to its high humidity, in addition to 4 major seasons, Japan also has rainy season, in June
We will introduce Japanese word about rain today.
Rain is called Ame (雨) in Japanese.
If we take a look at the kanji, the “one” (一) line in the upper part represents sky, 4 dots represents water, whereas the “冂” represents cloud. This kanji literally means water droplets that come down from the cloud layer. A good kanji to symbolize rain as a weather phenomena, isn’t it? Another word you can know is raindrops or amatsubu (雨粒)
When it’s raining, don’t you feel a little bit down? At such times, try use variety of rain goodies such as stylish umbrella and rain boots. Have fun in rainy day, friends!
Now let’s learn the word in the sentence!
l Kyou ha Ame ga furi-sou desu
l It’s going to rain today
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Thesaurus: These is other word related to ame:
★Saikin reinshuuzu ya reinkooto ga totemo juujitsu shite imasu ne.(最近レインシューズやレインコートがとても充実していますね。)（Ame≒Rein）
Recently rain shoes and rain coat become really useful
★.Utenchushi(雨天中止。)（Ame≒Uten）
Cancelled because of rain
★.Kyou no kousuikakuritsu wa 50% desu. (今日の降水確率は50％です。)（Ame≒Kousui）
Today’s probability for raining is 50%
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Do you understand the meaning? Use it when you come to Japan!
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