雪吊り
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雪吊り (yukizuri): ropes holding up tree branches to prevent damage from snow.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雪 | 吊 |
| Grade: 2 | Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 吊り (tsuri, “hanging, slinging”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吊る (tsuru, “to hang something, to suspend something”).[1][2][3] The tsuri changes to zuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Occasionally also encountered without rendaku, as yukitsuri.
Pronunciation
Noun
雪吊り or 雪吊り • (yukizuri or yukitsuri)
- a rope holding up branches of a tree to prevent breakage from heavy snow
- the act of tying up branches to protect them from snow during winter
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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