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Romaji Kana Kanji

Words Family

晴れ(ます)     曇り(ます)  
fine weather rain cloudy
天気
weather
    降ります      
umbrella   to fall (to rain, to snow)   snow

Quiz

A.snow B.fine C.rain D.cloudy
1.   2. 曇り
    rain       cloudy
3. 晴れ   4.
    fine       snow

Examples

天気予報に よると、明日の 天気は 晴れ、
午後は 時々 曇りだ そうです。
According to the weather forecast, tomorrow's weather will be fine,
occasionally cloudy in the afternoon.
東京は 今 雨が 降って います。
It's raining in Tokyo now.
この辺は 冬に なると、雪が 降ります。
雪は 1メートルぐらい 積もります。
It snows when winter comes around here.
The snow lies on 1 meter deep.
明日 いい 天気だったら、海に 行きませんか。
If the weather is good tomorrow, shall we go to the beach?
雨が 降って きた。傘を さしましょう。
It began raining. Let's put up the umbrella.
今日は 雨が 降ったり、やんだり。
夜は 雪に 変わるかも しれない。
It's raining off and on.
It may turn to snow in the evening.
雨は まだ 降って いますか。
いいえ。もう やみました。
Is it still raining?
No. It already stopped raining.
雨が やんで、日が 出て きました。
明日は 晴れると 思います。
The rain stopped and the sun came out.
I think it will be sunny tomorrow.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Plain form + soo desu:expressing reported information; "I heard" or "He said"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 11

Verb te form + -te imasu:expressing present progressive or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 4

Verb root form + to (-to):"When" or "If"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 15

Verb ta form + ra, (-tara):"If", "when"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 8

Verb stem + masen ka?:expressing an invitation "Shall we do?", "Won't you do together?"

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 12

Verb stem + mashoo:Let's do

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 12

Verb ta form + -tari, -tari, shimasu:expressing repetition action or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 7

Verb plain form + kamo shirenai:expressing a possibility; perhaps, probably, may

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 8

te form yande,:used as a conjunction "and"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 6

Verb te form + kimasu:expressing an action or state has started

See Building Up Conversation Level 3 Chapter 11

Verb plain form + to omoimasu:I think, I suppose

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 3

Vocabulary

rain

明日

tomorrow

root form of desu

だった

ta form of desu

出て

te form of demasu

出ます

to come out, appear

降った

ta form of furimasu

降って

te form of furimasu

降ります

to fall, to rain (ame ga), to snow (yuki ga)

winter

午後

p.m., afternoon

ぐらい

about, approximately

晴れ

fine weather

晴れる

root form of haremasu

晴れます

to clear up

sun, sunlight, sunshine / day

いい 天気

nice weather, fine day

行きます

to go

now, present, current

います(-て います)

(fp) expressing progressive or state

かも(-かも しれない)

(fp) expressing probability; probably, perhaps, may

umbrella

変わる

root form of kawarimasu

変わります

to change, vary, turn into

きた

ta form of kimasu

きます(-て きます)

(fp) start of an action or state

この辺

around here, this area

曇り

cloudy weather

今日

today

まだ

still

ませんか?(-ませんか?)

(fp) expressing an invitation or making a suggestion to do something

ましょう(-ましょう)

(fp) one of the volitional forms, "let's do"

メートル

meter

もう

already

なる

root form of narimasu

なります

to become

思います(-と 思います)

(fp) I think

さします(傘を さします)

to put up an umbrella, open an umbrella

そう(-そうです)

(fp) I heard, they said, he said

たら(-たら)

(fp) if, when

たり(-たり、-たり、します)

(fp) doing this and that

天気

weather

天気予報

weather forecast, weather report

と(-と)

(fp) when, if

時々

sometimes

積もります

to pile up, lie on

sea, ocean, beach

やんだ

ta form of yamimasu

やんで

te form of yamimasu

やみます

to stop (rain, snow, noise)

night, evening

よると(-に よると)

according to

snow

晴87,雨84,曇712,天82,気83,傘1911,降362,雪85,予353,報214,明88,日19,午108,後107,時17,々2001,東91,京247,今32,辺742,冬204,積800,海64,行34,夜114,変356,出48,思222

(Kanji numbers are from 2001.Kanji.Odyssey)

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