It’s winter, and let me introduce you the most common Japanese words that are related to winter. When you are talking about the weather or anything related to winter, these vocabularies will be good to know.

Take a look at the following TV commerical for Meiji chocorate.   Let’s practice some of the vocabularies within the video.  I have provided the translation below.  Let’s see if you can pick up some of the winter related words in this commercial.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8a6d_kd68I

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fuyu no kiss wa yuki noyouna kuchidoke.

冬のキスは雪のような口どけ ( Kiss in the winter is like a snow melting in my mouth)

Furu yuki ga zebu Meltykiss nara iinonine.  (I wish all the falling snow tasted like Meltykiss!)

降る雪が全部メルティキスなら　いいのにね

Yuki no yona kuchidoke. (It melts in your mouth like a snow)

雪のような口どけ

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Lastly, the word, Fuyu means Winter in Japanese, and the Kanji character we use is 冬.

The following video will show you how to write this Kanji.  When writing Kanji, stroke order is very important. It is important to learn each Kanji with the correct stroke order. This Kanji has 5 strokes total.  Give it a try!