梅雨入り

つゆいり

Also written 入梅, にゅうばい, ついり

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season See also: 梅雨明け (つゆあけ).

Kanji

• 梅 plum
• 雨 rain
• 入 enter. Read as いり.

Example sentences

• もうすぐ梅雨入りだ。
  The rainy season is near at hand.
• 梅雨入りは来週以降になりそうだ。
  It looks like the rainy season is going to start after next week.
• 今年は、梅雨入りが早いですね。
  The rainy season set in early this year.
• 今年は、梅雨入りが早かったね。
  The rainy season began early this year.

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