冷害

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Chinese

cold
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
 
trad. (冷害)
simp. #(冷害)

Pronunciation


Noun

冷害

  1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
がい
Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gaiH, literally cold + harm, injury). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

Noun

(れい)(がい) (reigai

  1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

See also

  • 山背(やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN