山津波

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	津	波
やま Grade: 1	つ Grade: S	なみ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 津波 (tsunami, “tidal wave”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) やまつなみ [yàmá tsúꜜnàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ t͡sɨᵝna̠mʲi]

Noun

山津波 (hiragana やまつなみ, rōmaji yama tsunami)

landslide, landslip

Synonyms

山崩 (やまくず)れ (yama kuzure)

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 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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