Vocabulary: Basic words – weather

Vocabulary
Vocabularyweather
この記事は約7分で読めます。

On this page, you can learn basic Japanese vocabulary for weather.

Ads

Vocabulary list: Must-know

Kanji characters in light blue below are not basic 200 Kanji.

sunny

(は・れ)

cloudy

くもり

rainy

(あめ)

The three words above are frequently used in a weather forecast.

Grammatically speaking, 晴れ, くもり and 雨 are all nouns in Japanese, although you should translate them as adjectives in English such as sunny, cloudy and rainy respectively.

Ads

Vocabulary list: adjectives

Kanji characters in light blue below are not basic 200 Kanji.

cold

(さむ・い)

hot

(あつ・い)

warm

かい(あたた・かい)

cool

しい(すず・しい)

humid

(む・し・あつ・い)

cloudy

が多い(くも・が・おお・い)

cloudy

(くも・り)

windy

が強い(かぜ・が・つよ・い)

Ads

Vocabulary list: nouns

highest temperature

高気(さい・こう・き・おん)

lowest temperature

最低(さい・てい・き・おん)

degree

(ど)

weather forecast

天気予報(てん・き・よ・ほう)

clear (= no cloud) weather

(は・れ)

rain (noun)

(あめ)

snow (noun)

(ゆき)

thunder

(かみなり)

minus

マイナス

Ads

Vocabulary list: verbs

become sunny

れる(は・れる)

rain (verb)

雨が(あめ・が・ふ・る)

snow (verb)

雪が(ゆき・が・ふ・る)

Ads

Exercise

  • Learn the Japanese words above by writing them down in your book. Try to write in Kanji when applicable if you can.
  • Complete the test in Quizlet below. You will pass it if you get over 60%. Choose ‘test’ at the bottom right of Quizlet to start a test.

Adjectives

Nouns

Verbs

Ads

Topic based lessons

Weather: It will be warm tomorrow.
On this page, you can learn how to say what the weather is going to be like tomorrow in Japanese.
Weather: The highest temperature will be 32 degrees.
On this page, you can learn how to say what the highest temperature will be in Japanese. Key Sentence The highest t...

Ads
日本語まとめサイト