吹雪

吹雪

1. (meteorology) drifting snow or blowing snow

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).

• (Tokyo) ふ​ぶき [fúꜜbùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

吹雪(ふぶき) • (fubuki) 

1. a blizzard, a snowstorm

   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.

   Synonyms: ブリザード (burizādo), 暴風雪 (bōfūsetsu), 雪嵐 (yukiarashi), 雪吹雪 (yuki fubuki)

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

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