降雪

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	snow
simp. and trad. (降雪)		降	雪

降雪

降雪

From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwng^H sjwet, literally “descending snow”).

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こーせつ [kòósétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

降雪 (hiragana こうせつ, rōmaji kōsetsu, historical hiragana かうせつ)

falling snow
snowfall, either as an instance of falling of snow, or as the accumulated snow itself

降雪する (hiragana こうせつする, rōmaji kōsetsu suru, historical hiragana かうせつする)

Conjugation of "降雪する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	降雪し	こうせつし	kōsetsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	降雪する	こうせつする	kōsetsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	降雪すれ	こうせつすれ	kōsetsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	降雪せよ¹ 降雪しろ²	こうせつせよ¹ こうせつしろ²	kōsetsu seyo¹ kōsetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	降雪される	こうせつされる	kōsetsu sareru
Causative	降雪させる降雪さす	こうせつさせるこうせつさす	kōsetsu saseru kōsetsu sasu
Potential	降雪できる	こうせつできる	kōsetsu dekiru
Volitional	降雪しよう	こうせつしよう	kōsetsu shiyō
Negative	降雪しない	こうせつしない	kōsetsu shinai
Negative continuative	降雪せず	こうせつせず	kōsetsu sezu
Formal	降雪します	こうせつします	kōsetsu shimasu
Perfective	降雪した	こうせつした	kōsetsu shita
Conjunctive	降雪して	こうせつして	kōsetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	降雪すれば	こうせつすれば	kōsetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Hanja in this term
降	雪

降雪 • (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

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