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What is the difference between 天候 and 天気 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 天候 and 天気 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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天候は、ある地域の晴雨・気温・湿度・風などの状態・状況を表す
天気は、数時間から数日間の気象状態。
- Japanese
They are quite similar. Many Japanese people use two words in the same way.
The difference is that 天気 is more casual while 天候 is formal.
Another difference is 天気 means the weather for a short period of time, like several hours or a day. 天候 is used for a long period of time compared to 天気, like one week.
However, if you are not some specialist for the weather, you can use both of them in the same way.
- Japanese
天気→日常会話でしょっちゅう(frequently) 使われます。
例) 今日の天気、知ってる?
天気がいいね。☀️
天気予報は聞いた?
天候→日常会話で使うことは、ほとんどありません。(^-^)
例)熱帯地域の天候を学ぶ。
天候を使った文章が、あまり思いうかびません。(^^;)
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