It's sunny but chilly today in Tokyo.
The weather forecast used
the word "hanabie". The word is
the combination of hana (flower)
and hie/*bie (chilly). We use the
word when the cold weather has
returned in the season of cherry
blossoms.
One of my students asked me why
Japanese often talk about the
weather. She told me that only
elder people talk about the
weather in her country.
Japan has various types of
weather from season to season.
The weather is very important
factor for agriculture. For a
long time Japanese people have
exchanged the weather
information to grow foods
properly.
It helps you to communicate with
Japanese smoothly when you
know how to express the weather
in many ways.
* When a word compound with
another word, the initial
consonant of the second word
is added a voiced sound mark (゛).
In the case of "hanabie", the initial
consonant of the second word changes
"h" to "b".
The weather forecast used
the word "hanabie". The word is
the combination of hana (flower)
and hie/*bie (chilly). We use the
word when the cold weather has
returned in the season of cherry
blossoms.
One of my students asked me why
Japanese often talk about the
weather. She told me that only
elder people talk about the
weather in her country.
Japan has various types of
weather from season to season.
The weather is very important
factor for agriculture. For a
long time Japanese people have
exchanged the weather
information to grow foods
properly.
It helps you to communicate with
Japanese smoothly when you
know how to express the weather
in many ways.
* When a word compound with
another word, the initial
consonant of the second word
is added a voiced sound mark (゛).
In the case of "hanabie", the initial
consonant of the second word changes
"h" to "b".