About the rainy season

July 18, 2024 The rainy season ended in Tokyo yesterday.

At this time of year, you often hear the phrase, "The end of the rainy season has been announced."

According to Weather News, on Thursday, July 18, 2024, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the rainy season is likely to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin and Tokai regions.

From this content, you can learn Japanese vocabulary, grammar, and expressions.

Tsuyu Shoka

Vocabulary: 1. Rainy season: Meaning: From the end of spring to early summer (the beginning of summer)

Season with many rainy and cloudy days (mid-June to mid-July)

Once the rainy season ends, full-fledged summer arrives.

Kanto

② Kanto: Meaning: Located in the eastern part of Honshu.

Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture,

Refers to one prefecture and six prefectures.

Employee

③ Japan Meteorological Agency: Meaning: An organization that observes and publishes information on the weather, earthquakes, and volcanoes nationwide.

Public Safety

④ Koshin region: Located inland in central Honshu. Includes Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures.

Tokai Ichiho

⑤Tokai region: Refers to the four prefectures of Aichi, Gifu, Mie, and Shizuoka.

The largest city is Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.

Soup A

Expression: The rainy season has ended

Soup A

End of the rainy season

Tsuyu A Happyo

The end of the rainy season was announced

In contrast to "end of the rainy season", there is also the expression "start of the rainy season".

Grammar: 1. According to

Meaning: Used when passing on a story you heard from someone to a third party.

② It is believed that

It means "to seem, to think, to expect".