Chinese

Noun

冷害

1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 ‎(leng gai^H, literally “cold + harm, injury”). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) れいがい [rèégáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠e̞ːɡ̃a̠i]

Noun

冷害 ‎(hiragana れいがい, romaji reigai)

1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

See also

• 山背 (やませ) ‎(yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3