How to say “snowing” in Japanese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
雪が降っています！
🔊 Yuki ga futte imasu!
Literally: “Snow is falling!”
💡 Simple
大雪が降っていて、外が真っ白です。
🔊 Ōyuki ga futte ite, soto ga masshiro desu
Literally: “Heavy snow is falling, outside is pure white.”
💡 真っ白 = completely white, natural
ぼたん雪がしんしんと降り積もって、世界が真綿に包まれたみたいですね。
🔊 Botan yuki ga shinshinto furitsumotte, sekai ga mawata ni tsutsumareta mitai desu ne
Literally: “Peony snow quietly accumulates, it feels like the world is wrapped in cotton.”
💡 ぼたん雪 = peony snow = large soft snowflakes; しんしん = quietly/steadily; 真綿 = cotton - deeply poetic Japanese
About these Japanese phrases
These Japanese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing snowing conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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