A Very Japanese Weather Pattern

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There are some words in Japanese that have Kanji that is quite tricky to read.

Some of these are tested in the JLPT exams, so it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the exceptional cases!

Try this quiz and see if you can guess the correct answer.

Let's try a Japanese quiz!

early-summer-rain-Japanese

 

How do you read this Kanji?

 

Choose the correct word to fit into the missing space (    ).

Select the answer from choices 1~ 4 below.

① さつきだれ
② ごがつあめ
③ ごつきあめ
④ さみだれ

答えは・・・The answer is・・・

yajirushi

yajirushi

 

④ さみだれ

 

◆ Today's expression

五月雨(さみだれ)

"Samidare" is a classical Japanese word that originally referred to the long, continuous rains occurring around the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which corresponds to June in the modern calendar.