Konnichiwa
Weather had been unkind to us recently here in UK. Finally we are having wonderful sunny days NOW!! By the way usually Japan faces rainy season from the end of May/early June and lasts for one month. This year the rainy season started earlier than normal in some areas. I used to hate this rainy season in Japan because it was so humid that Even until midnight I could not sleep. One more unpleasant thing is that my hair never got straight.
I introduce some words which is related to the rainy season.
You might have already known some of them! Hope this blog is of any help for your study. I states English words, Japanese words, it’s kanji and it’s hiragana.
Let’s try!!!
MAY RAIN samidare
5月雨
はみだれ
A SUNNY DURING THE RAINY SEASON
satsuki bare
五月晴れ
さつきばれ
RAINY SEASON THUNDER
tsuyu kaminari
梅雨雷
つゆかみなり
MUGGY/HUMID mushi atsui
蒸し暑い
むしあつい
SOUTH WIND AT THE BEGINING OF
RAINY SEASON
kurohae
黒南風
くろはえ
THE STRONG SOUTH WIND
DURING RAINY SEASON
arahae
荒南風
あらはえ
DARK NIGHT IN THE RAINY SEASON
satsuki yami
五月闇
さつきやみ
RICE PLANTING taue
田植え
たうえ
A BIG WAVE IN THE RAINY SEASON
satsuki nami
皐月波
さつきなみ
RAIN BOOTS nagagutsu
長靴・ながぐつ
AN UMBRELLA Kasa
傘・かさ
RAINY SEASON FLOOD demizu
出水
でみず
WATER LILLY suiren
睡蓮
スイレン
HYDRANGEAS ajizai
紫陽花
あじさい
FROG ama gaeru
雨蛙
あまがえる
SARDINE iwashi
鰯
イワシ
A SNAIL katatsumuri
蝸牛
かたつむり
Japanese Onomatopoeia can be used for Winter
ぎおんご
We express various sounds, which are surrounding us and hear, in words, that is onomatopoeia (giongo). Compare with English language, Japanese language has much more onomatopoeia. We quite often use them. Describing animated lives, vehicles, human beings, nature and our life style. I have outlined some of them below which may be used to express for something stated above during the rainy season. Do you know them?
| English | PRONOUNCENSION | JAPANESE ONOMATOPOEIA |
| A frog cries ribbit ribbit | gero gero/guwak guwak | 蛙がげろげろ・ぐわぐわと鳴く |
| A frog jumps/hops repeatedly | pyon pyon | 蛙がぴょんぴょん跳ねる |
| A frog’s body is slimy | nuru nuru | 蛙の体はぬるぬるする |
| Grills sardine | jyu jyu | いわしをじゅうじゅうやく。 |
| ocean roars | zabu-n | 波がざぶーんとうねる |
| A snail sticks on a branch | pettari | 蝸牛がペッタリと枝につく |
| A snail moves slowly | noro noro | 蝸牛がのろのろ動く |
| fluffy petals | fuwa fuwa | ふわふわしたはなびら |
| A water lily sways in the wind | yura yura | 睡蓮が風でゆらゆらゆれる |
| rain quietly | shito shito | 雨がしとしとと降る |
| get rice planting over with | sat sa | 田植えをさっさとおわらせる |
| Sunlight shines brightly | kou kou | 光がこうこうんと照る |
| Sunlight shines warmly | ura ura | 春光がうらうらと照る |
| rain heavily | za za | 雨がザァーザァー降る |
| wind blows strongly | go go | 風がごうごうと吹く |
| walking in a rain | picha picha | ぴちゃぴちゃ歩く |
| It’s muggy | mushi mushi | むしむしする |
| it’s so humid | jime jime | じめじめする |
| a muddy stream is approaching at once | do dot | 濁流がどどっと一気に迫ってくる |
| Thunder grumbles | goro goro | 雷がゴロゴロ鳴る |
| A lighting flashes | pikat | いなずまがピカッと光る |
THANK YOU arigato ありがとう
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy and learn something new. Let’s keep on learning more Japanese words!!!
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