白滝
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See also: 白瀧
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 白 | 滝 |
| しら Grade: 1 |
たき Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 白瀧 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form, only used in compounds) + 滝 (taki, “waterfall”). The "konjac noodles" sense comes from a visual resemblance of the noodles to the individual streams of water in a waterfall.
Pronunciation 1
Noun
Pronunciation 2
Noun
See also
Proper noun
- a place name
- a surname
Derived terms
- 白滝遺跡 (Shirataki Iseki)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 白 | 滝 |
| しろ Grade: 1 |
たき Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 白瀧 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”, standalone form, also used in compounds) + 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a surname
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN