How to say "hurricane" in Japanese

• 台風たいふうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe word for a typhoon — the tropical storms that strike Japan and East Asia — it also translates 'hurricane' in general talk, while an Atlantic hurricane is ハリケーン.
  台風たいふうが勢いきおいを増ました。↗

  The typhoon gathered strength.
• ハリケーンCommon
  nounThe loanword, matching 'hurricane' directly: use it for the Atlantic and Caribbean storms English calls hurricanes, as in news reports from the Americas, not for the typhoons that strike Japan.
  ハリケーンによる死者ししゃの数かずは２００人にんにのぼった。↗

  The death toll from the hurricane climbed to 200.

台風 denotes a typhoon — the tropical storms that strike Japan and East Asia — and also translates 'hurricane' in general talk, while 「ハリケーン」 is the loanword for storms English calls hurricanes, especially Atlantic ones.

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• 台風たいふうtyphoon
• ハリケーンhurricane
• 颶風ぐふうtornado