雪吊り

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雪吊り (yukizuri): ropes holding up tree branches to prevent damage from snow.

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Etymology

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Compound of (ゆき) (yuki, snow) + () (tsuri, hanging, slinging), the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (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

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Noun

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雪吊(ゆきづ) or 雪吊(ゆきつ) (yukizuri or yukitsuri

  1. a rope holding up branches of a tree to prevent breakage from heavy snow
  2. the act of tying up branches to protect them from snow during winter

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN