雪崩

Chinese

snow collapse; fall into ruins
simp. and trad.
(雪崩)		 雪 崩

Pronunciation

Noun

雪崩

  1. avalanche

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

  • 傾れ, 頽れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 傾る (nadaru),[1] modern 雪崩れる, 傾れる (nadareru, “to slope, descend; of snow, to slide”).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

雪崩 (hiragana なだれ, rōmaji nadare)

  1. an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice), snowslide
  2. an inclination
    Synonym: 傾斜 (keisha)
  3. a collapse, crumbling
  4. a rundown of glaze on a piece of pottery, usually a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”)
    usually spelled as 頽れ
  5. name of a 下座音楽 (geza ongaku)
    Synonym: 雪下ろし (yuki-oroshi)

Derived terms

Idioms

  • 雪崩 (なだれ)を打 (う)つ (nadare o utsu, “to flood, swarm”, literally "strike an avalanche")

References

  1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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