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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
雪崩
- avalanche
Synonyms
Japanese
Alternative spellings
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傾れ 頽れ
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Etymology
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 傾る (nadaru),[1] modern 雪崩れる, 傾れる (nadareru, “to slope, descend; of snow, to slide”).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 雪崩 (xuěbēng).
Pronunciation
Noun
雪崩 • (nadare)
- an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice), snowslide
- an inclination
- Synonym: 傾斜 (keisha)
- a collapse, crumbling
- a rundown of glaze on a piece of pottery, usually a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”)
- usually spelled as 頽れ
- name of a 下座音楽 (geza ongaku)
- Synonym: 雪下ろし (yuki-oroshi)
Derived terms
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →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
- ^ 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