初冠雪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	冠	雪
はつ Grade: 4	かん Grade: S	せつ Grade: 2
kun’yomi	on’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

初(はつ) (hatsu-, “the first…, new…”) + 冠雪(かんせつ) (kansetsu, “snow on top of a mountain”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はつか​んせつ [hàtsúkáꜜǹsètsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝkã̠ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

初(はつ)冠(かん)雪(せつ) • (hatsukansetsu) ^{←はつくわんせつ (fatukwansetu)?}

1. first snow on a mountain after summer

Verb

初(はつ)冠(かん)雪(せつ)する • (hatsukansetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 初(はつ)冠(かん)雪(せつ)し (hatsukansetsu shi), past 初(はつ)冠(かん)雪(せつ)した (hatsukansetsu shita))

1. (of a mountain) to snow for the first time after summer

   富士(ふじ)山(さん)が初冠雪(はつかんせつ)したと発(はっ)表(ぴょう)した。

   Fujisan ga hatsukansetsu shita to happyō shita.

   They announced that it had snowed for the first time on Mt. Fuji.