Vocabulary

What does 台風 (たいふう, taifuu) mean?

台風 (たいふう, taifuu) means typhoon.

Quick facts
Readingたいふう
Romajitaifuu
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
たいふう
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontaifuu

typhoon

GenkiGenki 16
  1. 1noun typhoon; hurricane

Example sentences

  • The trains stopped because of the typhoon.

  • I heard a big typhoon is coming tomorrow.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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