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Weather and disasters — 天気と災害

The forecast, humidity, pressure, heavy rain, blackouts, evacuation, warnings — and the words for a fine day. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

てんきよほう noun
天気予報 weather forecast
しつど noun
湿度 humidity
きあつ noun
気圧 atmospheric pressure
おおあめ noun
大雨 heavy rain
ていでん noun
停電 power cut, blackout
だんすい noun
断水 water supply cut
ひなん noun
避難 evacuation
ひさい noun
被災 being struck by a disaster
きゅうじょ noun
救助 rescue
けいほう noun
警報 warning, alarm
ちゅういほう noun
注意報 advisory (weather)
かいせい noun
快晴 clear, fine weather
ゆうだち noun
夕立 sudden evening shower (summer)
しも noun
霜 frost
にじ noun
虹 rainbow
ひかげ noun
日陰 shade
むしあつい い-adj
蒸し暑い humid and hot, muggy
はだざむい い-adj
肌寒い chilly
つもる verb
積もる to pile up (snow)
ひえこむ verb
冷え込む to get very cold (weather)
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Weather and disasters — 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
chilly
い-adj
weather forecast
noun
atmospheric pressure
noun
heavy rain
noun
shade
noun
clear, fine weather
noun
warning, alarm
noun
advisory (weather)
noun
humidity
noun
power cut, blackout
noun
2    What does it mean?
断水
被災
避難
蒸し暑い
虹
夕立
冷え込む
積もる
霜
救助
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