Chinese

Noun

雪崩

1. avalanche

Descendants

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 傾れ; 頽れ

Etymology

From 傾れ ‎(“sloping”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) なだれ [nàdáré] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [na̠da̠ɺ̠e̞]

Noun

雪崩 ‎(hiragana なだれ, romaji nadare)

1. an avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0