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Kanji: Nature & Weather in Japanese · JLPT N1

20 Japanese words and phrases for kanji: nature & weather, at JLPT N1 level. Each entry shows the word, how to read it, what it means, and a full example sentence with translation.

  1. しも shimo
    frost

    しも

    frost

  2. つゆ tsuyu
    dew; to expose

    露出

    ろしゅつ

    exposure

  3. かすみ kasumi
    haze; mist

    霞む

    かすむ

    to become hazy

  4. mo
    algae; waterweed

    海藻

    かいそう

    seaweed

  5. ぬま numa
    marsh; swamp

    ぬま

    swamp; marsh

  6. ケイ kei
    mountain stream; ravine

    渓谷

    けいこく

    ravine; gorge

  7. しお shio
    tide; sea current

    満潮

    まんちょう

    high tide

  8. みさき misaki
    cape; promontory

    みさき

    cape

  9. とうげ tōge
    mountain pass

    とうげ

    mountain pass

  10. がけ gake
    cliff; precipice

    断崖

    だんがい

    sheer cliff; precipice

  11. いそ iso
    rocky shore; seashore

    いそ

    rocky shore

  12. かた kata
    lagoon; tidal flat

    干潟

    ひがた

    tidal flat

  13. ユウ
    to well up; to gush forth

    湧水

    ゆうすい

    spring water

  14. いん in
    to fall from the sky (meteor)

    隕石

    いんせき

    meteorite

  15. どう dou
    cave; hole

    洞窟

    どうくつ

    cave; cavern

  16. こけ koke
    moss

    こけ

    moss

  17. さん san
    acid; sour

    酸素

    さんそ

    oxygen

  18. りゅう ryuu
    sulfur

    硫酸

    りゅうさん

    sulfuric acid

  19. ちり chiri
    dust

    粉塵

    ふんじん

    fine dust

  20. うず uzu
    whirlpool; vortex; swirl

    渦中

    かちゅう

    the midst (of turmoil)

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