竜巻
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竜巻 (tatsumaki): a tornado.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 竜 | 巻 |
| たつ Grade: S |
ま(き) Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 龍卷 (kyūjitai) 竜巻き |
Etymology
Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) + 巻き (maki, “whirl, spiral”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 巻く (maku, “to wind, to roll”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a tornado, a twister
- Synonym: トルネード (torunēdo)
- 1999 May 25, “ワイバーン [Wyvern]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
- 羽をはばたかせて強力な竜巻をおこす。
- Hane o habatakasete kyōryoku na tatsumaki o okosu.
- It causes powerful tornadoes by flapping its wings.
- 羽をはばたかせて強力な竜巻をおこす。
- a whirlwind, a dust devil (smaller than a tornado)
- Synonym: 旋風 (senpū, tsumujikaze)
- a waterspout
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN