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てんき【天気】 : tenki | define meaning
tenki
Definition
Noun
- Weather
- てんきよほう【天気予報】
tenki yohou
"weather forecast" - 【今日は天気があまり良くないですね】
きょうはてんきがあまりよくないですね
kyou wa tenki ga amari yoku nai desu ne
"The weather today was pretty bad"
- てんきよほう【天気予報】
Etymology
Cognate to Okinawan てぃんち tinchi "weather". Ultimately from Chinese 【天氣・天气 】 "weather" (cf. Mandarin tiānqì; Cantonese tin1 hei3; Min Nan thiⁿ-khì; Wu thi qi; Dagur təŋɡər).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 天気 |
| Kana | てんき |
| Romanization | tenki |
意味：てんき【天気】、ひより【日和】、てんこう【天候】
Categories:
天気
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, June 2). てんき【天気】 : tenki | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3223/tenki/.