蒸し暑い
humid and hot; sultry; muggy
→ Summer in Japan is very hot and humid.
温度計
thermometer
→ I keep a thermometer in my room.
プラス
plus; positive value; surplus
→ This month's sales were up plus ten percent.
マイナス
minus; negative; deficit
→ In Hokkaido, temperatures sometimes drop to minus twenty degrees.
凍る
to freeze; to be frozen over
→ When winter comes, the lake freezes over.
氷
ice
→ Please put ice in my water.
冷える
to grow cold; to chill; to cool down
→ When night falls, it suddenly turns chilly.
けっこう
quite; fairly; reasonably
→ This movie was quite interesting.
非常な
extreme; extraordinary; exceptional
→ Because it is extremely dangerous, please keep away.
夏日
summer day (exceeding 25°C)
→ Even though it was only April, a summer day exceeding 25°C was recorded.
真夏日
midsummer day (exceeding 30°C)
→ Days exceeding 30°C continued for ten consecutive days.
猛暑日
extremely hot day (exceeding 35°C)
→ On extremely hot days exceeding 35°C, please beware of heatstroke.
冬日
freezing winter day (lowest below 0°C)
→ This winter, there were few days with sub-zero lowest temperatures.
真冬日
sub-zero midwinter day (highest below 0°C)
→ On freezing days where the high stays below zero, it's better to avoid going out.
暖冬
mild winter; warm winter
→ Due to the mild winter, there is no snow at the ski resorts.
冷夏
cool summer
→ Because of the cool summer, the rice harvest volume decreased.
せっかく
taking the trouble; with much effort; precious opportunity
→ Since I took the trouble of coming to Japan, I want to climb Mount Fuji.
