吹雪

Chinese
 
to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 snow
trad. (吹雪) 吹 雪
simp. #(吹雪) 吹 雪

Pronunciation

Noun

吹雪

  1. (meteorology) drifting snow or blowing snow

Derived terms
  • 低吹雪
  • 高吹雪

Japanese
Kanji in this term
吹 雪
ふぶき
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
乱吹
吹雪き

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”).[1][2][3]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 吹雪 (chuīxuě).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    吹雪(ふぶき) • (fubuki) 

    1. a blizzard, a snowstorm
      Synonyms: ブリザード (burizādo), 暴風雪 (bōfūsetsu), 雪嵐 (yukiarashi), 雪吹雪 (yuki fubuki)
      私(わたし)たちは山(やま)で厳(きび)しい吹雪(ふぶき)に見舞(みま)われた。
      Watashitachi wa yama de kibishii fubuki ni mimawareta.
      We encountered a severe blizzard on the mountain.
    2. many flat objects blown away by the wind, like snowflakes in a blizzard
      花(はな)吹雪(ふぶき)
      hanafubuki
      a flurry of cherry blossoms

    Derived terms
    Derived terms
    • 吹雪(ふぶき)和(あ)え (fubuki-ae)
    • 吹雪(ふぶきの)松(まつ) (fubuki no matsu)
    • 吹雪(ふぶき)花(ばな) (fubukibana)
    • 吹雪(ふぶき)月(づき) (Fubukizuki)
    • 桜(さくら)吹雪(ふぶき) (sakura fubuki)
    • 紙(かみ)吹雪(ふぶき) (kami fubuki)
    • 地(じ)吹雪(ふぶき) (ji fubuki)
    • 匂(におい)吹雪(ふぶき) (nioi fubuki)
    • 花(はな)吹雪(ふぶき) (hana fubuki)
    • 雪(ゆき)吹雪(ふぶき) (yuki fubuki)

    Proper noun

    吹雪(ふぶき) • (Fubuki) 

    1. a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
      Hypernym: 春雨 (Harusame)
    2. a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Fubuki-class destroyer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
    3. a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese destroyer Fubuki (1927) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
    4. a female given name

    References
    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, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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