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The author of Fairy Tail named him Natsu because he thought it fitting; his previous series' main character was named Haru, meaning Spring, and Spring comes before Summer.
Natsu means summer and Lucy means light. There's a lot of light in summer. Juvia means rain and skys are GRAY when it rains. Ships confirmed (even tho they are already cannon)
Latin and most of its descendants, e.g. Spanish "Luz", Italian "Luce", etc.
Juvia has the same pronounciation that "Lluvia" that means rain in Spanish, haha, AMAZING!!
I just KNEW that I saw an anime once with some character named "Natsu", but I've watched so many, that I didn't know what was up, and what was down. Thanks for finally letting me rest, here take a reddit gold as a token of my appreciation
Natsu makes me think of the spanish word "Natación" which means swimming!
"We swim in summer, natsu means summer." That's how I think about it. :)
To swim in Japanese 泳ぐ (およぐ)(oyogu) , could be a little confusing...un saludo
I just think of natsu dragneel Natsu is a hotheaded idiot who uses fire dragon slayer magic and natsu means summer Easy peasy way to remember
Natsu isn't a Spanish word though, you're making things worse by comparing the two. Japanese and Spanish aren't the same.
Natsu (なつ、夏) means summer, and yasumi (やすみ、休み) means rest/ break. So natsuyasumi (なつやすみ、夏休み) means summer vacation. In Japan students have a long break in Summer from July to August, depends on the region. By the way, please don't give this kind of comments downvote, it makes you learn more!
People may think that summer is my favorite season, but that is natsu (not so). (for those of us not familiar with Natsu Dragneel). [Edited to change the word weather to season.]
Might be a weird question but... are there four seasons in Japan, too? Some cultures have more. Thanks for answering in advance.
Yes the four seasons are
- 春（はる） spring
- 夏（なつ） summer
- 秋（あき） automn/fall
- 冬（ふゆ） winter
i'd be interested to know what language/culture has more. do you know of one in particular?
as far as i know, hindu calendar is split into 6 seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, pre-winter and winter. also, medieval romance cultures had 5 seasons, once spring was considered two: prīmavēra (prīmus “first” + vēr “spring”) and vēr - the actual spring. although summer was called aestās, some languages adopted the vēr root as "summer" instead, as portuguese verão, spanish verano and romanian vară while most of them kept spring following the prīmavēra root :)
Th-th-thanks? Wow, you just told me more than what I learned in religion and history this year... XD
Here is a good way of remembering this one: 'natsu' sounds like 'nuts out'. So it's so hot in the summer that people take their 'natsu' hahaha
Like English, we can use an adjective before a noun to describe the noun. There are certain adjectives which needs a な between the adjective and the noun in this case. For example:
- 元気（げんき）な 子供（こども） An energetic child
- 新鮮（しんせん）な 魚（さかな） Fresh fish
- 頑（かたく）なな 老人（ろうじん） A stubborn old person
Oooh now I get why Natsumi from Terrace House is called "Fuyumi" when she showed her "dark side"
well, kinda. The vowels 'u' and 'i' at the end of words are devoiced when after a voiceless consonant. They kinda sound like they are being whispered. Its very weird, japanese is the only language i know of that perposely whispers vowels. The same thing happens when those two are between any two voiceless consonants, like, k,s,t,sh,ts,h,f. Its why words like 'sasuke' sometimes sound like 'saske'
Probably a better example would be 好き which sounds like sski. For more about japanese whispered vowels, this guy does a good job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSxbtN3pdZQ
I believe the pronunciation for natsu is wrong in this one (coming from a native japanese speakers opinion). Its not nah-tsoo, but more nuh-tsu.
there's this tradition where Japanese kids would shout, "なつ!" as they jump into the ocean during summer. picture the fun and you'll remember it
If you were to say something like "a sunny summer" would it be "Hare natsu" or "natsu hare"?
I believe it means that there are a lot of sunny days in this summer. In which case maybe よく晴れた夏
Why do you sometimes use "つ" like this is Natsu, but in other words it just doubles the consinent
The one that doubles the consonants is the same shape but smaller. E.G. つ vs っ
Yes, this is the Katakana form of summer (direct import from English). We tend to use Katakana form to describe something western, and use the Hiragana one for normal use or describe traditional things.
e.g. サマーフェスティバル vs 夏祭り(なつまつり). Both means summer festival, but the former one gives a more westernized feel e.g. it may be referring to a department store campaign. The later one gives a feeling of traditional Japanese festival where people wear traditional clothing called Yukata.
I will remember natsu because that is name of hinata's sister from haikyuu!! Now I know why she was named that!
when i goes to type in english in test its gives incorrect why? i Typed. natsu. please help me this issue
You need to type summer because it is asking for a translation. Natsu is the pronunciation.
I'm not sure what you mean, as I only see about two comments of the 80 on this discussion marked as
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but more than likely they were off-topic, spam or repeat comments that were removed to keep the discussion easier to navigate
I remembered there was a large chunk of comments deleted from the top "Fairy Tail" one, and it shows "deleted" to me also in the Android app when I answer this question.
Strange they appear on the app that way but are invisible for me. Must be a bug. Thanks for letting me know. :)
During Summer, it's"hot as balls" or "nuts". Natsu sounds like nuts. I dunno. Works for me!
I know that because i watched fairy tail...MOM did you see that ? The anime was useful
Yeah, 'なつ' means summer. But I think the true accent would be 'な↓つ↑' (The example sounds like 'な↑つ↓')
Fairy Tail makes so much sense now. Too bad Gary wasn't named Fuyu Appropriately.
I remember this cause it's "Natsu" and Natsu from Fairy tail is all bright and bubbly and his hair is bright and summer can be bright like that and stuff
I don't like how doulingo gives you words without even telling you what they are. Ik that if you hover your cursor/tap the word it will show you the translation but still. why?
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