Winter’s Words PART 2 冬の言葉 （ふゆのことば）

Konnichiwa

It has been cold hasn’t it! Winter makes us less active, well at least for me. It takes courage to step outside and even walk.. However, may be a perfect time to study at home.　Today I introduce some simple words which are related to winters. Please refer to my last year blog for part 1. 　

Do you happen to know them? I state English words, Japanese words, it’s kanji and it’s hiragana.

Let’s try!!!

HEAVY SNOW taisetsu

大雪　たいせつ

SHOVEL SNOW yukikaki　

雪かき　ゆきかき

SNOWSTORM fuzuki　吹雪　ふぶき

樹氷じゅひょう

RIME/SNOW TREES jyuhyo　

SCARF mafura- マフラー

ICE SKATING suke-to スケート

A HEAT PATCH kairo カイロ

*THIS IS ONLY FOR A BODY. NOT FOR EYES.

A LAP BLANKET hiza kake

ひざ掛け　

ひざかけ

A blanket which is bigger and for a bed is call [mofu]　毛布・もうふ

A SWEATER/JUMPER

se-ta-　セーター

A HUMIDIFIER kashituki　

かしつき

A VACUUM BOTTLE/FLASK

mahoubin　魔法瓶　まほうびん

A HOT WATER BUTTLE yutanpo

湯たんぽ

CHILBLAINS shimoyake

霜焼け　しもやけ

A HOT POT nabe 鍋　なべ

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 Winter. Do you know them?

For example, sleeping calmly and quietly we says “suya suya” to nemuru. Nemuru means “to sleep”.

English	PRONOUNCENSION	JAPANESE ONOMATOPOEIA
snow falls softly	shin shin	雪がしんしんと降る
powder snow flutters	hira hira	粉雪がひらひらと舞う。
snow falls actively	kon kon	雪がこんこんと降る
snow falls heavily with a thud	Dosun	雪がドスンと落ちる
power snow	sara sara	さらさらな雪
crusty ice	gari gari	がりがりな氷
light and fluffy blanket	fuwa fuwa	ふわふわした毛布
warm heat patch	poka poka	ポカポカカイロ
produce a tiny static crackle	pachi pachi	セーターがパチパチと静電気を起こす
blow on the coffee to cool it	Fu-fu	熱いコーヒーをふうふうする
snow pilling up thick and deep	zun zun	雪がずんずん積もる
tickling with a chilblains	muzu muzu	しもやけでむずむずする
a hot pot is simmering	gutsu gutsu	鍋がぐつぐつ煮える
feet are stiff	kachi kachi	足がカチカチになる

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!!!