“It’s starting to snow” in Japanese?

Hi, I’m Takaya Suzuki. I am a translator from Japan.

How would you say “It’s starting to snow” in Japanese? Today, let’s take a look at how we can say “It’s starting to snow” in Japanese. 今日は “It’s starting to snow” を日本語でどう言うか見ていきます。

“It’s starting to snow” in Japanese would be “雪が降ってきた”

“It’s starting to snow” in Japanese would be “雪が降ってきた”.

「雪が降ってきた」
“It’s starting to snow.”

When something is starting to happen, you can describe that by using the て-form + きた.

“雪 (ゆき)” is a noun meaning snow, and “降 (ふ) って” is the て-form of the verb “降る”, which means to fall.

“雪が降ってきた” means “It’s starting to snow.”

Phrases related to “It’s starting to snow” in Japanese

“It’s starting to snow” in Japanese would be “雪が降ってきた”. Now, let’s take a look at some phrases related to “It’s starting to snow” in Japanese.

「雪」

雪が降ってきた (It’s starting to snow)
雪が降っている (It’s snowing)

「てきた」

雨が降ってきた (It’s starting to rain)
雪が降ってきた (It’s starting to snow)
寒くなってきた (It’s getting cold)
暗くなってきた (It’s getting dark)

How was it? Today, we took a look at how we could say “It’s starting to snow” in Japanese. 今日は “It’s starting to snow” の日本語での言い方をご紹介しました。

ありがとうございました！