Do you know your ‘moshobi’ from your ‘kokushobi’?
In 2007, Japanese weather forecasters began to use a new word - ‘moshobi’, meaning extremely hot day - to describe when the mercury climbed past 35˚C.
This year, rising global temperatures have prompted Japan to add to its weather lexicon once again. ‘Kokushobi’ means ‘cruelly hot day’, and forecasters are using it for temperatures of 40˚C and higher.
Last summer was Japan's hottest on record, and the country’s weather experts are predicting another scorching season this year, too.
