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      • TARA - IF
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天気
てんき
Weather

KISETSU TO TENKI PAGE
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Like New Zealand, weather is a frequent conversation topic in Japan. Being an island nation like New Zealand, the weather in Japan is highly changeable. The changing seasons bring huge temperature changes, too. For example, winter in Tokyo is dry and cold and it can even snow, while Tokyo summers sometimes reach an unbearably humid 37 degrees.

きょう、さむいですね - Isn't it cold, today!


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​きょう、さむい ですね。
  • ​Isn't it cold, today!
そう ですね。さむい ですね。
  • Yes, isn't it cold!

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​きょう、あつい ですね。
  • ​Isn't it hot today!
そう ですね。あつい ですね。
  • Yes, isn't it hot!

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​きょう、いい てんき ですね。
  • Isn't nice weather, today!
そう ですね。いい てんき ですね。
  • Yes, isn't it nice weather!

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きょう、いやな てんき ですね。
  • ​Isn't it horrible weather, today.
そう ですね。いやな てんき ですね。
  • Yes, isn't it horrible weather!

てんき - Weather


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あつい
​Hot
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さむい
Cold
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あたたかい
​Warm
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すずしい
​Cool

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むしあつい
​Muggy
むしあつい です
It's muggy

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はれ
​Fine
はれ です
The weather's fine

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くもり
Cloudy
くもり です
It's cloudy

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あめ
​Rain/Rainy
あめ が ふります
It rains/It will rain


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ゆき
​Snow/Snowy
ゆき が ふります
It snows/It will snow

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かぜ
​Wind/Windy
かぜ が ふきます
The wind blows/will blow

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あらし
​Storm/Stormy
あらし です
It's a storm

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かみなり
​Thunder
かみなり です
It's thunder

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PRACTISE TALKING ABOUT WEATHER ON QUIZLET
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  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • SHOPPING CONVERSATIONS >
        • ONIGIRI SAN KO - THREE ONIGIRI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS ARE
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI KANJI
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
      • CHRISTMAS KANJI
    • KISETSU TO TENKI - SEASONS & WEATHER >
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
    • Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
      • VERBS >
        • 1 Dan Verbs
        • 5 Dan Verbs
        • Common Irregular Verbs
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NOMINALISERS - NO/KOTO
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
    • YEAR 12 KANJI >
      • HOMESTAY KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • YEAR 12 VOCABULARY >
      • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • YEAR 9 BLOGS >
      • ALBAN
      • AUSTIN
      • JAMIE
      • JANE
      • JASON
      • JORDAN
      • KOUSHI
      • MIA
      • OLIVIA
      • PAIGE
      • TANE
      • TEAGUE
    • YEAR 10 BLOGS >
      • エイデン
      • エリース
      • オスティン
      • カーラ
      • コーバン
      • コナーF.
      • コナーT.
      • サム
      • シャンテル
      • ニック
      • ハナ H.
      • ハナ M.
      • パトリック
      • マギー
    • YEAR 11 BLOGS >
      • トム
    • YEAR 12 BLOGS >
      • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES