Seasons in Japanese! 季節

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Japanese Vocab Lesson : Seasons 季節 – Review Notes

Today we learned the names of the four seasons in Japanese! In these notes we will learn a few more season related Japanese words! Learn the word for “four seasons” in Japanese!

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Number 1:

★ The Japanese word for seasons is 季節 (kisetsu)

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Number 2:

★ The Japanese word for Spring is 春 (haru)!

★ The Japanese word for Spring Vacation is 春休み (haru yasumi).

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Number 3:

★ The Japanese word for Summer is 夏 (natsu).

★ The Japanese word for Summer Vacation is 夏休み (natsu yasumi).

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Number 4:

★ The Japanese word for Fall or Autumn is 秋 (aki).

Do you know Tsukimi (月見) or Otsukimi (お月見)? “moon–viewing” are Japanese festival honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival. 

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Number 5:

★ The Japanese word for Winter is 冬 (fuyu).

★ The Japanese word for Winter Vacation is 冬休み (fuyu yasumi).

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Four Seasons:

There are a few different ways to say “four seasons” in Japanese.

1. 四季 (shiki) – literally means “four seasons.”

2. 春夏秋冬 (shunkashūtō or haru-natsu-aki-fuyu) literally, “spring, summer, fall, winter.” Most kanji have multiple ways of reading. There are two different ways to read this word.

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11 comments

  1. my favorite 季節 is 冬です！^o^/

    Comment by Aya on 11/18/2012 at 10:37 am

  2. 春と秋です！Haru and aki desu :3

    Comment by カイリ on 11/18/2012 at 6:20 pm

  3. Haru , Fuyu

    Comment by Haifa on 05/28/2013 at 1:17 pm

  4. 私は秋が好きです！=)

    Comment by pandan on 07/12/2013 at 6:25 pm

  5. watashi no sukina kisetsu wa fuyu desu :3

    Comment by Niara on 07/29/2013 at 9:07 pm

  6. 私の好きな季節は春です！

    Comment by 鈴木 on 12/05/2013 at 10:49 pm

  7. 春はきれいです。すべての桜が大好き。＾＾

    Comment by アナ on 12/14/2013 at 11:25 am

  8. Watashi wa shiki totemo sukidessu!!!Okasguessamade
    私は、四季が好きな神に感謝！

    Comment by Roger on 04/05/2014 at 5:12 am

  9. 冬が好き！(◕ω◕)♥

    Comment by アリッサ on 04/07/2014 at 8:13 pm

  10. はる

    Comment by Donna Neill on 10/03/2014 at 10:18 am

  11. 一ばん　すきな　きせつ　は　夏　です。

    Comment by Laura on 10/16/2014 at 5:18 am

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