雪

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 雪が降っています。▶ —
   It is snowing.
2. 北海道は雪が多いです。▶ —
   Hokkaido has a lot of snow.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Yuki — 雪, snow. The sound is Yamato, older than the kanji. The kanji 雪 is "seol" in Korean. 雪が降る (yuki ga furu) — snow falls; rain uses the same verb 降る. Whatever comes from the sky, by verb, is one motion.

Quick check

1. "Snow piles up" — natural Japanese?

   • 雪が積もる tsumoru (intransitive — "snow piles up")
   • 雪が積む tsumu (= "snow piles", wrong intransitive)
   • 雪が高い (= "snow is tall", awkward)
   • 雪が増える (= "increases", vague)