梅雨（つゆ）- Tsuyu

When I have been spending time with my Japanese friends, many of them have asked me if I am prepared for the upcoming "tsuyu" season. So what exactly is tsuyu?

梅雨 （つゆ）is made up of the characters:

梅 （うめ）which means "ume" and in plum

and

雨 （あめ）which means rain

梅雨 essentially means the rainy season in Japanese.  Apparently, the reason why the plum kanji is being used in the kanji for the rainy season is that this time also connects with the 梅 plum harvesting season.

Grab your umbrellas and teru teru bozu as we are about to experience Japan's 梅雨!