天気
てんき
hepburn tenki
weather
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
天heavens
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氣spirit
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Examples
- 今日の天気はどうですか。How is today's weather?
- 明日はいい天気です。Tomorrow is good weather.
Collocations
天気予報 (tenki yohou, weather forecast)いい天気 (good weather)悪い天気 (bad weather)天気がいい (weather is good)雨の天気 (rainy weather)
Mnemonic
天気 tenki — 天 (heaven) + 気 (energy/spirit) = "energy of the sky" → weather. 天気予報 tenki yohou (weather forecast). The pattern with 気 (ki) for "state/condition" is widespread: 元気 genki (health), 病気 byouki (illness).
Quick check
Which word does NOT use the kanji 気 (ki)?