Word Meaning 菜種梅雨

なたねづゆ natanezuyu

菜種梅雨 is read as なたねづゆ (natanezuyu) and means long spell of rain in early spring.

Meaning

English

  1. long spell of rain in early spring

Reading

Kana

なたねづゆ

Romaji

natanezuyu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Rank 119523 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

菜種殻

なたねがら

rapeseed hulls

梅雨

つゆ

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

空梅雨

からつゆ

(unusually) dry rainy season

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

戻り梅雨

もどりづゆ

return of the rainy season

菜種

なたね

rapeseed

菜種油

なたねあぶら

rapeseed oil

菜種菜

なたねな

rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)

梅雨入り

つゆいり

entering the rainy season

梅雨明け

つゆあけ

end of the rainy season