雪崩

Chinese
snow collapse; fall into ruins
trad. (雪崩) 雪 崩
simp. #(雪崩) 雪 崩

Pronunciation

Noun

雪崩

  1. avalanche

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雪 崩
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular

Alternative forms
  • 傾れ, 頽れ

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 雪崩(なだ)れ込(こ)む (nadare komu, “to rush into, surge into”)
  • 雪崩(なだれ)現象(げんしょう) (nadare genshō)
  • 雪崩(なだれ)道(みち) (nadaremichi)
  • 岩屑(がんせつ)雪崩(なだれ) (gansetsu nadare)
  • 電子(でんし)雪崩(なだれ) (denshi nadare)
  • 人(ひと)雪崩(なだれ) (hito-nadare, “surging crowd”)
  • 表層(ひょうそう)雪崩(なだれ) (hyōsō nadare, “surface avalanche”)
  • 泡(ほう)雪崩(なだれ) (hō-nadare)
  • 雪(ゆき)雪崩(なだれ) (yuki-nadare)

Idioms
  • 雪崩(なだれ)を打(う)つ (nadare o utsu, “to flood, swarm”, literally "strike an avalanche")

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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