日本の雨季はいつ始まりますか。

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日本 の 雨季 は い つ 始まります か 。

English Translation

When does the rainy season in Japan begin?

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の雨季(うき)はいつ始(はじ)まりますか。

Romanji

Nippon no uki wa i tsu hajimarimasu ka.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

雨期 (うき)

rainy season

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

季

Reading: キ

Meaning: seasons

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin