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天候 (てんこう): weather — Japanese vocabulary

天候 is read てんこう and means "weather". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

天候

Reading
てんこう · tenkou
Translation
weather
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
てんこうが

Example

天候が悪くて彼は来られなかった。

てんこうがわるくてかれはこられなかった。

Because of the bad weather, he couldn't come.

Kanji in this word

  • 天 — heaven, sky
  • 候 — Climate, Season, Weather

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