Word Meaning 空梅雨

からつゆ karatsuyu

空梅雨 is read as からつゆ (karatsuyu) and means (unusually) dry rainy season.

Meaning

English

  1. (unusually) dry rainy season

Reading

Kana

からつゆ

Romaji

karatsuyu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Rank 81686 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

梅雨空

つゆぞら

overcast sky in the rainy season

梅雨

つゆ

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

送り梅雨

おくりづゆ

last rain of the rainy season (often accompanied by thunderstorms)

走り梅雨

はしりづゆ

unstable weather preceding the rainy season (normally occurring in May)

返り梅雨

かえりづゆ

return of the rainy season

菜種梅雨

なたねづゆ

long spell of rain in early spring

戻り梅雨

もどりづゆ

return of the rainy season

梅雨入り

ついり

entering the rainy season

梅雨明け

つゆあけ

end of the rainy season

梅雨前線

ばいうぜんせん

seasonal rain front

梅花空木

ばいかうつぎ

Satsuma mock orange

梅雨時

つゆどき

wet season