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It's October 11th and Japan has gotten its first snow of the year. Perhaps this may seem a little early to you and in reality it is, as it happened 5 days earlier than last year. The snowfall was seen at the top of Mount Fuji, which normally happens around October 22. Credit goes to the Kofu Meteorological Office for this finding.
Bonus Mini-LessonTo say snow in Japanese, say Yuki 雪To say first snow in Japanese, say Hatsuyuki 初雪Winter in Japanese is Fuyu 冬Cold in Japanese is samui 寒い or tsumetai 冷たいWhat's the difference between samui and tsumetai? Well, samui can be used when talking about weather and tsumetai is used when describing something that is physically cold like cold ice, cold beer, cold water etc...If you want to ask if it's snowing, say: yuki ga futte imasu ka? 雪は、降っていますか?If you want to ask if someone is cold say: samui desu ka? 寒いですか?If you want to describe something that is covered in snow say: yukini tsutsumareta 雪に包まれたI hope you found this news both entertaining and educational!
Image taken by The Yomiuri Shimbun
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