Seasons in Japanese and other words

It's summer now, the weather’s so hot and humid.  I still remember long ago before I lived in a country where I can experience different seasons, I had learned the seasons in Japanese language from Ayumi Hamasaki’s song, YOU. 

Chorus 

春の風包まれて                                        遥かな夢描いて

Haru no kaze tsutsumarete                haruka na yume egaite

夏の雲途切れては                                   消えていった

Natsu no kumo tokirete wa                  kiete itta

秋の空切なくて                                        冬の海冷たくて

Aki no sora setsunakute                        fuyu no umi tsumetakute

夢中になっていく程                              時は経っていたね

Muchuu ni natte iku hodo                   toki wa tatte ita ne

From the chorus, we not only can learn  about the seasons, but also some other interesting and useful words as well.  In the first line, 春の風包まれて means wrapped in the spring wind.  春 or はる(haru) is spring, while 風 or かぜ (kaze) is wind.  遥かな夢描いて means drawing or imagining a distant dream.  遥か or はるか (haruka) is far or distant, and 夢 or ゆめ (yume) means dream.

The second line, 夏の雲途切れて means interrupted by the summer clouds, and消えていったmeant disappeared.  It describes the drawing or imagining of the dream by the spring wind in the first line was interrupted and disappeared due to the summer’s cloud.  夏 or なつ (natsu) is summer, while 雲 or くも (kumo) means cloud.

The third line, 秋の空切なくて means the autumn sky aches my heart, 冬の海冷たくて , and the winter sea is cold.  秋 or あき (aki) is autumn/fall, and 空 orそら (sora) is sky.  冬 or ふゆ(fuyu) is winter, 海 or うみ (umi) is sea/ocean.

From the chorus we can learn the seasons and some common words as well.

Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	English
春	はる	Haru	Spring
夏	なつ	Natsu	Summer
秋	あき	Aki	Autumn
冬	ふゆ	Fuyu	Winter
夢	ゆめ	Yume	Dream
雲	くも	Kumo	Cloud
空	そら	Sora	Sky
海	うみ	Umi	Sea/Ocean
遥か	はるか	Haruka	Far away, Distant

Of course, there are many other interesting words in the rest of the lyrics, but the chorus is short and simple, and it has many easy words to remember.  Listen to the song as well, it's quite old, but it's a nice song.  Hope that this helps to remember those Japanese vocabularies.