風
かぜ
hepburn kaze
wind
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 今日は風が強いです。The wind is strong today.
- 風が冷たいです。The wind is cold.
Collocations
風が強い (wind is strong)風が冷たい (wind is cold)風邪 (kaze-cold, illness — same Hepburn)風船 (fuusen, balloon)台風 (taifuu, typhoon)
Mnemonic
風 kaze-wind — disambiguated from 風邪 kaze-cold (illness, batch 5). Onyomi ふう (fuu): 風船 fuusen (balloon), 台風 taifuu (typhoon), 和風 wafuu (Japanese style). Combines with adjectives: 風が強い/弱い/冷たい/暖かい.
Quick check
How is "typhoon" 台風 read in Japanese?