Meaning

Primary

Dry Weather

Alternative

Drought

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how 天気 is weather (and how often refers to sky things?). Well, when those sky things are dry, you have dry weather.

Reading

かんてん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

れんぞく干天日数が二十九日をむかえ、フグは干からびるすん前だった。

Because of the continuous, twenty-nine day drought, Fugu is about to dry out.

無じ悲な干天がつづき、はたけのやさいが全てかれてしまった。

The long, cruel dry weather killed all the vegetables in my field.

コウイチから腹ペコの社員への差し入れのベーコンは、まさに干天の慈雨だった。

The supply of bacon Koichi got for the starving workers was like a welcome rain after a drought.

Kanji Composition