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Haru ga kita ... mitai

haru spring, kita ta form of kimasu; come, -mitai it seems, it looks

1.

4-ka, Nihon wa totemo atatakaku narimashita.

yokka 4th. of the month, totemo very
atatakaku ku form of atatakai; warm, narimasu to become, come to

2.

Tokyo no saikoo-kion wa 24-do.

saikoo-kion highest temperature, saikoo the highest, maximum
kion (air) temperature, -do degrees (celsius)

3.

Kooto o kiru to atsui node, minna kooto o nuide imashita.

kooto coat, kiru root form of kimasu; wear, put (clothes) on, -to when, if
atsui hot, -node because, therefore, so
minna everyone, all, nuide te form of nugimasu; take off one's clothes, undress
-te imasu expressing progressive or state

4.

Okinawa no saikoo-kion wa Nanto! 29-do.

Okinawa Okinawa island, Okinawa prefecture
saikoo-kion highest temperature, saikoo the highest, maximum
kion (air) temperature, nanto expressing one's surprise; What!, How!, Why!, -do degrees (celsius)

5.

"Haru ga kita" toiu yori "Natsu ga kita" mitai desu.

haru ga kita Spring has come (a sort of set phrase), natsu ga kita Summer has come
haru spring, natsu summer, kita ta form of kimasu; come
[A] toiu yori, [B] [B] rather than [A], -mitai desu it seems, it looks

6.

Demo, 5-ka no yoru kara kion ga sagarimasu.

demo however, but, itsuka 5th. of the month, yoru night, -kara from
kion (air) temperature, sagarimasu to go down, fall, drop

7.

6-ka no Tokyo no saikoo-kion wa 10-do gurai da soo desu.

muika 6th. of the month, saikoo-kion highest temperature, -do degrees (celsius)
-gurai / -kurai about, approximately, da root form of desu
-soo desu reported information; I heard, he/they said