雨期

うき【雨期， 雨季】

**rain

［the ～s；複数扱い］(熱帯地方の)雨季

rainy season

［the ～］雨季， 梅雨

The rainy season has set in. 雨季に入った(＝It has set in to rain. ).

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うき【雨期】

the rainy [wet, moist] season; 〔熱帯の〕 the rains; the monsoons; 【地質】 a pluvial (period). [⇒かんき²]

●熱帯に雨期が来た. The rains [monsoons] came to the tropics.

●半月前からこの地域は雨期に入った. Here in this region the wet [rainy] season set in half a month ago.