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Weather and climate — 気象

Fronts and pressure systems, a fierce summer, a mild winter, rainfall, snowfall, gusts. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

きしょう noun
気象 weather, meteorological conditions
ぜんせん noun
前線 weather front; the front line
ていきあつ noun
低気圧 low pressure system
こうきあつ noun
高気圧 high pressure system
きおんさ noun
気温差 difference in temperature
もうしょ noun
猛暑 extreme heat
げんかん noun
厳寒 severe cold
れいか noun
冷夏 a cool summer
だんとう noun
暖冬 a mild winter
こうすいりょう noun
降水量 rainfall, precipitation
せきせつ noun
積雪 accumulated snow
ふぶき noun
吹雪 snowstorm, blizzard
  noun
みぞれ sleet
とっぷう noun
突風 a gust of wind
ぼうふう noun
暴風 storm wind, gale
らいう noun
雷雨 thunderstorm
にっしょう noun
日照 sunshine, hours of sun
きりゅう noun
気流 air current
かんそくじょ noun
観測所 observation station
へいねんなみ noun
平年並み about average for the year
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Weather and climate — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
observation station
noun
accumulated snow
noun
a mild winter
noun
sleet
noun
rainfall, precipitation
noun
storm wind, gale
noun
difference in temperature
noun
a gust of wind
noun
high pressure system
noun
severe cold
noun
2    What does it mean?
雷雨
猛暑
平年並み
気流
低気圧
前線
冷夏
日照
気象
吹雪
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