天候|てんこうtenkou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounweather
   それはすべて天候てんこうに依存いぞんしている。↗

   It all depends on the weather.

• Synonym天気てんきNeutralThe everyday default word for weather, and also fair weather; 「天候」 is more formal and often covers weather over a stretch of time.
• Synonym空模様そらもようNeutralThe look of the sky, often hinting that the weather is about to turn; also used figuratively of how a situation is developing. More vivid than 「天候」.
• Synonymお天気おてんきNeutralA politer way to say weather; also used figuratively for a person's mood or temper, a sense 「天候」 does not have.
• Synonym気象きしょうNeutralThe technical term for meteorological phenomena, used in science and forecasting, as in 「気象庁」; 「天候」 refers to the actual weather.
• Synonym日和ひよりNeutralFine weather ideal for doing something, as in 「行楽日和」; unlike 「天候」, which is neutral, it implies the weather is good.
• Related日和ひよりNeutralFine weather ideal for doing something, as in 「行楽日和」; unlike 「天候」, which is neutral, it implies the weather is good.
• RelatedウェザーNeutralA loanword for weather, mostly in TV program or product names; in everyday speech 「天気」 is the word to use.
• Related空合いそらあいWrittenA rare written word for the look of the sky or the weather; also used figuratively of how things are progressing.
• Related天気模様てんきもようNeutralHow the weather looks or the signs it gives; close in meaning to 「空模様」, and on the colloquial side.

Use 「天候」 for weather conditions over a period or weather affecting plans, as in 「悪天候」. In everyday talk say 「天気」; for signs of a change in the weather use 「空模様」; for fine weather suited to an outing, 「日和」; in scientific contexts, 「気象」.

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1. 天気てんきと気候きこうの間あいだの短期的たんきてきな大気たいきの状態じょうたい