吹雪

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Chinese

to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
 snow
trad. (吹雪) 吹 雪
simp. #(吹雪) 吹 雪

Pronunciation

Noun

吹雪

  1. (meteorology) drifting snow or blowing snow

Derived terms

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Kanji in this term
吹 雪
ふぶき
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
乱吹
吹雪き

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”).[1][2][3]

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

Pronunciation

Noun

吹雪(ふぶき) • (fubuki) 

  1. a blizzard, a snowstorm
    Synonyms: ブリザード (burizādo), 暴風雪 (bōfūsetsu), 雪嵐 (yukiarashi), 雪吹雪 (yuki fubuki)
    私(わたし)たちは山(やま)で厳(きび)しい吹雪(ふぶき)に見舞(みま)われた。
    Watashitachi wa yama de kibishii fubuki ni mimawareta.
    We encountered a severe blizzard on the mountain.
  2. many flat objects blown away by the wind, like snowflakes in a blizzard
    花(はな)吹雪(ふぶき)
    hanafubuki
    a flurry of cherry blossoms

Derived terms

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Proper noun

吹雪(ふぶき) • (Fubuki) 

  1. a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
    Hypernym: 春雨 (Harusame)
  2. a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Fubuki-class destroyer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  3. a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese destroyer Fubuki (1927) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  4. a female given name

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
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