Languages › Japanese Learn Japanese Weather Vocabulary Share Flipboard Email Print Glenn Waters/Contributor/Getty Images Japanese Essential Japanese Vocabulary History & Culture Japanese Grammar By Namiko Abe Namiko Abe Japanese Language Expert B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on May 30, 2019 Whether you planning a trip to Japan or conversing in Japanese class, rain or shine, you'll need to learn how to talk about the weather. Click the links to hear the pronunciation for each weather-related Japanese vocabulary word or phrase. Japanese Weather Vocabulary Weather tenki 天気 Climate kikou 気候 Temperature ondo 温度 Sunny hare 晴れ Cloudy kumori くもり Rain ame 雨 Snow yuki 雪 Thunder kaminari 雷 Storm arashi 嵐 Fog kiri 霧 Useful Expressions Related to the Weather How is the weather? Tenki wa dou desu ka. 天気はどうですか。 The weather is nice. Yoi tenki desu. よい天気です。 It's sunny. Harete imasu. 晴れています。 It's cloudy. Kumotte imasu. 曇っています。 It's raining. Ame ga futte imasu. 雨が降っています。 It's snowing. Yuki ga futte imasu. 雪が降っています。 It's hot. Atsui desu. 暑いです。 It's humid. Mushiatsui desu. 蒸し暑いです。 It's cold. Samui desu. 寒いです。 It's warm. Atatakai desu. 暖かいです。 It's cool. Suzushii desu. 涼しいです。 It's windy Kaze ga tsuyoi desu. 風が強いです。 Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Abe, Namiko. "Learn Japanese Weather Vocabulary." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/weather-japanese-vocabulary-2028147. Abe, Namiko. (2020, August 27). Learn Japanese Weather Vocabulary. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/weather-japanese-vocabulary-2028147 Abe, Namiko. "Learn Japanese Weather Vocabulary." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/weather-japanese-vocabulary-2028147 (accessed March 8, 2023). copy citation When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. Cookies Settings Reject All Accept Cookies