ゆき
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Snow in hiragana is ゆき (yuki). To say it is snowing, use ゆきがふっています (yuki ga futte imasu). A snowman is a ゆきだるま (yuki daruma).
A snowman is built from two balls, and a snowy region is called ゆきぐに (yukiguni), snow country.
Meaning: snow (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Snow and rain both use the verb ふる (furu), to fall: ゆきがふる (yuki ga furu), snow falls.
Did you know?
- ゆき is also a common girl's name in Japan, written with the character for snow.
Examples in context
- ゆきがふっています。Yuki ga futte imasu.It is snowing.
- こどもたちはゆきだるまをつくりました。Kodomotachi wa yuki daruma o tsukurimashita.The children made a snowman.
Example conversation
Siblings Nana and Kai look out the window in the morning.
- Nanaみて、ゆきだよ。Mite, yuki da yo.Look, it is snow.
- Kaiほんとうだ、うれしい。Hontō da, ureshii.It is true, I am happy.
- Nanaゆきだるまをつくろう。Yuki daruma o tsukurō.Let's build a snowman.
