吹雪

Chinese

 
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 snow
simp. and trad.
(吹雪)		 吹 雪

Pronunciation

Noun

吹雪

  1. (meteorology) drifting snow or blowing snow

Derived terms

  • 低吹雪
  • 高吹雪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吹 雪
Grade: S Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternate forms

  • 乱吹

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”).[1][2][3]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 吹雪.

Pronunciation

Noun

吹雪 (hiragana ふぶき, rōmaji fubuki)

  1. a blizzard, a snowstorm
    私 (わたし)たちは山 (やま)で厳 (きび)しい吹雪 (ふぶき)に見 (み)舞 (ま)われた。
    Watashitachi wa yama de kibishii fubuki ni mimawareta.
    We encountered a severe blizzard on the mountain.
    Synonyms: ブリザード (burizādo), 暴風雪 (bōfūsetsu), 雪嵐 (yukiarashi), 雪吹雪 (yuki fubuki)
  2. an object blown away by the wind, as in a blizzard

Derived terms

Proper noun

吹雪 (hiragana ふぶき, rōmaji Fubuki)

  1. a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
    Hypernym: 春雨 (Harusame)
  2. a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Fubuki-class destroyer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  3. a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese destroyer Fubuki (1927) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  4. a female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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