梅雨
つゆ
rainy season
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Examples
六月は梅雨です。
ろくがつはつゆです。
June is the rainy season.
梅雨に入って、毎日雨が降っています。
つゆにはいって、まいにちあめがふっています。
The rainy season has started and it rains every day.
梅雨が明けたら、海に行きましょう。
つゆがあけたら、うみにいきましょう。
Once the rainy season is over, let's go to the sea.
Common patterns
- 梅雨に入る
- the rainy season begins
- 梅雨が明ける
- the rainy season ends
- 梅雨の時期
- the rainy-season period
Memory tip
An irregular reading: the kanji say "plum rain" — plums ripen then — but it is read つゆ. The news words for the start and end are 梅雨入り and 梅雨明け.
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