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雨期 (うき, uki) Japanese meaning: rainy season | Kotomora
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In Southeast Asia, heavy rain falls during the rainy season.
When the rainy season begins, the river level rises.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 雨う 季き に 入はい る for a place to enter the rainy season
This region enters the rainy season around June.
雨う 季き が 明あ ける for the rainy season to end
Once the rainy season ends, the temperature suddenly rises.
雨う 季き が 続つづ く for the rainy season to continue
This year the rainy season has been going on for a long time.
Related words 梅雨 refers specifically to Japan's early-summer rainy spell, while 雨季 is the broader, more general climatic term used for rainy seasons anywhere.
雨季 is the general Japanese word for 'rainy season', while モンスーン specifically names the seasonal wind system that causes such rains, especially in South and Southeast Asia.
Written forms 雨う 期き Usage 37%
Standard spelling; strongly high priority and common in news or general writing.
雨う 季き Usage 63%
Also a standard spelling. 季 emphasizes the seasonal nature of the period.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound read うき: 雨 means 'rain,' and 期 or 季 indicates a period or season. The two spellings are conventionally associated with the same meaning.
