How do you talk about the weather in Japanese? Whether you’re enjoying the sunshine, snow, or something in between, this free audio lesson will teach you tons of Japanese words you can use in conversation. Whether you’re traveling in Japan or heading somewhere closer to home with Japanese speakers, the Rocket Japanese team will teach you how to talk about the climate and the current weather conditions in Japanese.
We hope you don’t encounter any extreme weather, but to be on the safe side we’ll teach you some words for that too. It’s good to be prepared and know what to expect, so let’s get started!
Pronunciation help for talking about the weather in Japanese
As hard as you try, without helpful feedback your Japanese pronunciation is never going to be the same as a native speaker’s. If you've found it difficult to perfect the way you say Japanese words and phrases, this lesson will help you.
Using the blue Rocket Record buttons you can record the way you say each word or phrase, and compare it with the way a Japanese native speaker does. That’s right, with Rocket Japanese voice mapping technology you can record your voice as many times as you need until your pronunciation matches the Japanese speaker!
You can use the word “totemo” (very) for all of the above phrases to emphasize that it’s not just cold or warm, but very cold or very warm. For example:
If you are planning to travel to Japan during the winter time, you’ll definitely need to know the next two sentences. Let me assure you, there will be plenty of opportunities to use them.
That’s it for today’s lesson. I hope you enjoyed it.
Sayōnara!
Sayaka Matsuura
Rocket Japanese
P.S. You can practice your Japanese skills with this exercise.
Exercise 1: Match the Japanese phrases with the correct English translation.
1. Ii tenki desu
( ____ )
a. It’s snowing
2. Tenki wa dō desu ka.
( ____ )
b. It’s good weather.
3. Totemo atsui desu.
( ____ )
c. How’s the weather?
4. Yuki ga futte imasu.
( ____ )
d. It’s sunny.
5. Hare desu.
( ____ )
e. It’s very hot.
Exercise 2: Now, match the Japanese words with the correct English translation. You can print this lesson out and write the letter of the correct answer into the gap provided.
1. Kaminari
( ____ )
a. The storm
2. Kumo
( ____ )
b. The thunder
3. Ame
( ____ )
c. The cloud
4. Kiri
( ____ )
d. The rain
5. Arashi
( ____ )
e. The fog
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Rocket Japanese
02-23-12
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