Cold (illness) in Japanese 🇯🇵

かぜ info.

### Tips to remember the Japanese word:
1. Mnemonics: Visualize the wind blowing and imagine it saying "ka-ze" as it swirls around.
2. Association: Associate the kanji 風 (かぜ) with wind, noticing how it might look like air currents or a breeze.
3. Repetition: Write the word multiple times while saying it out loud to embed it in your memory.

### Explanations:
– Kanji: 風 (かぜ, kaze)
– Hiragana: かぜ (kaze)
– Meaning: The word かぜ directly translates to "wind."

### Other words that mean the same thing:
– 嵐 (あらし, arashi) – storm, which involves strong winds.

### Alternate meanings like slang:
– 風邪 (かぜ, kaze) – When written as 風邪, it means "cold" (the illness). This is a homonym and has the same pronunciation but a different meaning.

### Examples of sentences that use it:
1. Wind (風):
– あの山の上には強いかぜが吹いている。
– Ano yama no ue ni wa tsuyoi kaze ga fuite iru.
– Strong wind is blowing on top of that mountain.

2. Cold (風邪):
– 彼はかぜをひいたので、今日は学校を休んでいます。
– Kare wa kaze o hii ta no de, kyō wa gakkō o yasunde imasu.
– He caught a cold, so he is taking a break from school today.

3. Wind:
– かぜが心地よいですね。
– Kaze ga kokochi yoi desu ne.
– The wind feels pleasant, doesn't it?

4. Cold:
– かぜの治りが遅いです。
– Kaze no naori ga osoi desu.
– Recovery from the cold is slow.

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かぜ info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– You might think of "kaze" as the sound of sneezing, similar to a "kazoo" which has a 'zz' sound, relating it to catching a cold.

Explanations:
– かぜ (kaze) specifically means a "cold" in the context of an illness. It is used in everyday conversation when speaking about mild respiratory illnesses.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 風邪 (かぜ, kaze) can also be written in Kanji, which literally translates to "wind illness," embodying the traditional belief that such ailments were caused by the wind.

Alternate meanings:
– 風 (かぜ, kaze) alone can mean "wind" in Japanese, so context is important to understand whether someone is talking about the weather or an illness.

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 彼はかぜをひいているみたいです。
– Kare wa kaze o hiite iru mitai desu.
– It seems like he has caught a cold.

2. かぜをひかないように気をつけてね。
– Kaze o hikanai yō ni ki o tsukete ne.
– Be careful not to catch a cold.

3. 昨日からかぜで休んでいます。
– Kinō kara kaze de yasunde imasu.
– I’ve been resting since yesterday because of a cold.

4. かぜのせいで学校を休んだ。
– Kaze no sei de gakkō o yasunda.
– I missed school due to a cold.

Remember to consider the context to determine whether "かぜ" is referring to an illness or just the wind.

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