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Japan Tenki words

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Neil53
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Japan Tenki words

Postby Neil53 » October 7th, 2008 4:19 pm

I often hear the phrase "heinei yori" or "heimei yori" in the daily weather forcast. I can't find what that means. :?

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Postby jkid » October 8th, 2008 11:09 am

Well heimei means clear. However, I am not sure that is what you're hearing.

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Postby hatch_jp » October 8th, 2008 1:27 pm

It must be "heinen" , へいねん in hiragana, 平年 in kanji.
平年 means average year / normal year.


平年(へいねん)より気温(きおん)が高(たか)くなるでしょう。
The temperature will be higher than average year.

The averages in weather in Japan are averaged based on each element in the past 30 years which is updated every 10 years.
The currently-used averages in Japan are based on between 1971 and 2000.

Neil53
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heinen

Postby Neil53 » October 8th, 2008 1:48 pm

Thank you for your help. That answers my question.

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