There are some words in Japanese that have Kanji that is quite tricky to read.

There are some words in Japanese that have Kanji that is quite tricky to read.

Some of these are tested in the JLPT exams, so it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the exceptional cases!

Try this quiz and see if you can guess the correct answer.

Let's try a Japanese quiz!

early-summer-rain-Japanese

 

How do you read this Kanji?

 

Choose the correct word to fit into the missing space (    ).

Select the answer from choices 1~ 4 below.

① さつきだれ
② ごがつあめ
③ ごつきあめ
④ さみだれ

答えは・・・The answer is・・・

yajirushi

yajirushi

 

④ さみだれ

 

◆ Today's expression

五月雨(さみだれ)

"Samidare" is a classical Japanese word that originally referred to the long, continuous rains occurring around the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which corresponds to June in the modern calendar.

 

 

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