みなさんこんにちは。

６月はたくさん雨が降る時期ですね。
蒸し暑かったり寒くなったりして、風邪をひく人も多いです。私も１週間くらい風邪をひきました。天気がすっきりしないので風邪が治るのも遅いです。
雨の日は暗いので外を見るのは好きですが、蒸し暑いのは嫌いです。みなさんは雨季は好きですか？

June is the beginning of the rainy season.
It’s been changing between hot and humid and sometimes very cold. Many people catch colds during this time. I had a cold for about a week. I felt that the sickness didn’t go away quickly due to the unstable weather.
I like rainy days. I enjoy looking at the dark sky, but I hate humidity. Do you like the rainy season?

さて、今月の漢字は「雨」です。

読み：う
訓読み：あめ，あま

It’s been very humid and hot lately in Japan. This annoying weather is called 梅雨(つゆ) in Japanese. It’s a type of wet season found in East Asia. It usually occurs in May, June, and July. The day it starts is called 梅雨入り(つゆいり) and the day it finishes is called 梅雨明け(つゆあけ). Many people don’t like this season. Some people think 梅雨 is unique to Japan, but the word 梅雨actually comes from China. This wet season affects many countries throughout East Asia.

Other words that use 雨 are
１）豪雨（ごうう）：Very heavy rain. Sometimes it causes flooding.
２）秋雨（あきさめ）：Rain during autumn
３）雷雨（らいう）：Rain and thunder
４）風雨（ふうう）：Strong wind and rain
５）時雨（しぐれ）：Spitting rain in the fall
６）五月雨（さみだれ）：Long rain in the 梅雨 season

Have a great Tsuyu!