白滝

See also: 白瀧

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
白 滝
しら
Grade: 1		 たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
白瀧 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form, only used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).[1][2][3] The "konjac noodles" sense comes from a visual resemblance of the noodles to the individual streams of water in a waterfall.

Pronunciation 1
  • (Tokyo) しらたき [shìrátákí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]
Noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (shirataki) 

  1. a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread open

Pronunciation 2
  • (Tokyo) しら​たき [shìráꜜtàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]
Noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (shirataki) 

  1. shirataki, very thin konjac noodles.
See also
  • 糸(いと)蒟蒻(こんにゃく) (ito konnyaku, “threaded konjac”)
Proper noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (Shirataki) 

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
Derived terms
  • 白滝(しらたき)遺(い)跡(せき) (Shirataki Iseki)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
白 滝
しろ
Grade: 1		 たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
白瀧 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”, standalone form, also used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞ta̠kʲi]

Proper noun

白(しろ)滝(たき) • (Shirotaki) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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