近畿・中国・九州北部で梅雨明け　気象庁が発表、平年より11日早く　これから本格的な夏へ、熱中症に注意

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July ninth. Here's a weather story that tells you summer has truly arrived. In much of western Japan, the long rainy season has just ended, earlier than usual, and hot days are on the way. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

Yesterday, the rainy season ended in the Kinki, Chugoku, and northern Kyushu regions.

It means the end of the rainy season.

The Meteorological Agency announced this.

It means an official announcement.

This year's end of the rainy season is eleven days earlier than an average year.

It means a normal or average year.

Especially in Saga Prefecture, more than twice the usual amount of rain fell.

It means times, as in two times or double an amount.

From now on, summer in earnest begins.

It means full-scale or in earnest, the real thing.

On the ninth, the temperature is forecast to rise even more.

It means the air temperature.

It means a forecast or prediction.

The Meteorological Agency is urging people to be careful about heatstroke.

It means heatstroke, an illness caused by too much heat.

It means to call on people or to urge them to do something.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

In the Kinki, Chugoku, and northern Kyushu regions.

It is eleven days earlier than an average year.

It is urging people to be careful about heatstroke.

That's all for today. If you're in western Japan, the rainy days are over and the real summer heat is here, so please drink plenty of water and take care. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.