札幌や青森で初雪、平年より早い所も

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October thirtieth. Winter is coming early in northern Japan, with the first snow of the season. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

On the morning of October twenty-eighth, the first snow of the year fell in places like Sapporo in Hokkaido.

It means Hokkaido, the big island in the far north of Japan.

It means to fall, used for rain and snow.

The first snow that falls in a year is called by a special word.

It means the first snow of the season.

The first snow fell in seven towns: Sapporo, Hakodate, Muroran, Obihiro, Kushiro, Abashiri, and Aomori.

It means seven things.

Aomori's first snow was the earliest this winter on Honshu.

It means Honshu, Japan's main island.

Aomori's first snow came eleven days earlier than in a usual year.

It means a usual year, an average year.

Kushiro's first snow was also ten days earlier than usual.

It means early.

In Sapporo, the first snow came on the same day as in a usual year.

It means the same.

In Sapporo, around two in the middle of the night, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the rain turned into sleet.

It means the air temperature.

It means suddenly.

It means sleet, rain mixed with snow.

It means to change.

Snow also fell on high mountains in Hokuriku and Kanto, and the mountain tops turned white.

It means a mountain.

It means white.

Now listen to the full story again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

Seven towns.

Eleven days earlier.

It turned into sleet, rain mixed with snow.

No. It came on the same day as in a usual year.

That's all for this morning. Stay warm, and thanks for listening. See you next time.