初雪って英語でなんて言うの？

Question

今日県北の山に初雪がふったよと伝えるには何て言うのでしょうか。

Accepted Answer

「今日県北の山に初雪がふったよ」
Today the northern mountains have gotten their first snow.

「山に雪化粧」
The mountains are blanketed in freshly fallen snow.
The mountains are covered in snow.

「今年の冬の初雪でした」
It was the first snow of the winter.

first snow = 初雪
snow = 雪、雪が降る
blanketed in snow = 雪化粧
covered in snow = 雪化粧

Answer

「今日県北の山に初雪がふったよ」を英語で伝えるには以下のように言います：

「The mountains in the north of the prefecture received their first snow today」。

「県北」ですが、「northern mountains」と「mountains in the north」のどちらを使うかに迷いますが、一般的に「northern」みたいに「~ern」が付くと「北部」になります。

分かりにくいかもしれませんが、概ね「northern」には地域名が付きます（例外はもちろん多々ありますが）。下記に例を挙げます：

Southern Hokkaido
Eastern Russia
Western Sahara

やっぱり慣れですね、これは。

＊「県」は「prefecture」

ジュリアン

Answer

A \"Look out the window!\"
B \"Brilliant, it's the first fall of snow this year!\"
A \"We can build a snowman later.\"
B  \"I think I'd like to take some photos. The first snowfall
of the year is always a fun time for the children. I want to
snap some happy faces!\"
Snap = take a photo of...

Answer

We call it the first snow as it perfectly describes that it is the very first snow to fall that year or season. It is commonly used both in the UK and America.