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雪崩

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Chinese

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snow collapse; fall into ruins
trad. (雪崩)
simp. #(雪崩)
anagram 崩雪
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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雪崩

  1. avalanche

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spellings
傾れ
頽れ

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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雪崩(なだれ) (nadare

  1. an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice), snowslide
  2. an inclination
    Synonym: 傾斜 (keisha)
  3. a collapse, crumbling
  4. a rundown of glaze on a piece of pottery, usually a 茶入れ (chaire, tea container)
    usually spelled as 頽れ
  5. name of a 下座音楽 (geza ongaku)
    Synonym: 雪下ろし (yuki-oroshi)

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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