白滝

See also: 白瀧

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 滝
しら
Grade: 1		 たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form, only used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).[1][2][3] The "konjac noodles" sense comes from a visual resemblance of the noodles to the individual streams of water in a waterfall.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji shirataki)

  1. a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread open

Pronunciation 2

Noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji shirataki)

  1. shirataki, very thin konjac noodles.
See also
  • 糸 (いと)蒟蒻 (こんにゃく) (ito konnyaku, “threaded konjac”)
Proper noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji Shirataki)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
Derived terms
  • 白滝 (しらたき)遺 (い)跡 (せき) (Shirataki Iseki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 滝
しろ
Grade: 1		 たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”, standalone form, also used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しろたき, rōmaji Shirotaki)

  1. a surname

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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