June 17th, 2009

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/lj92.mp3[/podcast]

In this week’s lesson we talk about the rainy season in Japan and some useful related Japanese vocabulary and phrases. We also talked about using rain coats and the number of umbrellas sold in Japan every year which totals a staggering 130 million

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Show notes for lesson#92: 梅雨 Rainy season

梅雨単語:rainy season vocabulary

1. 梅雨 (5月から7月にかけて毎年めぐって来る雨多い期間こと)
    tsuyu – the rainy season (mid may to July)

2. 梅雨入り (梅雨時季が始まること)
    tsuyu iri – The beginning of the rainy season

3. 梅雨明け (梅雨が終わって夏になること)
    tsuyu ake – The end of the rainy season

4. ジメジメする (湿り気が多く不快な感じがすること)
     jime jime suru- to be humid, sticky and uncomfortable

5.ムシムシする (湿気が多く、蒸し暑いこと)
    mushi mushu suru – to be humid

6.集中豪雨 (限られた地域に対して短時間に多量に雨が降ること)
   shuuchuu gou u – Concentrated rain in a certain area

7.ビショ濡れ (雨などが衣服にしみとおって、からだ全体がぬれること)
    bisho nure – soaking wet

8.どしゃ降り (大雨)
    dosahburi  -  Heavy rain

9.ゲリラ豪雨 (予測困難な局地的な短時間豪雨に対して用いられる)
    gerira gouu – Unpredictable and sudden heavy rain


Conversations

1.
A: 東京はもう梅雨入りした?
B: 梅雨入りしたよ。ジメジメするから早く梅雨明けして欲しいよ。

A: Tokyo wa mou tsuyu iri shita?
B: Tsuyuiri shita yo. Jimejime suru kara hayaku tsuyu ake shite hoshii yo.

A: Has the rainy season come to Tokyo yet?
B: Yes. It’s humid, so I want it to end

2.
A:今日はムシムシするね。
B: 夕方からは集中豪雨らしいよ。

A: Kyou wa mushi mushi suru ne
B: yuugata kara wa shuuchuu gouu rashii yo

A: It’s humid today
B: They say it’s going to rain heavily this evening

3.
A:どうした?びしょ濡れじゃん!
B:急にどしゃ降りにあって、大変だったよ。

A: doushita no. bisho nure jan
B: kyuu ni doshaburi ni atte taihen data yo

A: What happened? You’re soaking wet!
B: I was caught in a downpour. It was terrible.

4.
A:最近はゲリラ豪雨による洪水が増えてるね
B:やっぱり温暖化影響かな

A: saikin wa gerira gouu ni yoru kouzui ga fueteru ne
B: yappari ondanka no eikyou kana

A: Recently, flooding has increased because of heavy rain
B: I guess it’s because of global warming

QUIZ

How do you say in Japanese:

1. The rainy season
2. The beginning of the rainy season
3. The end of the rainy season
4. Unpredictable heavy rain.

Quiz answers
1. 梅雨
2. 梅雨入り
3. 梅雨明け
4. ゲリラ豪雨

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