Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1

Grade: S
なみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ 津波 (tsunami, tidal wave).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(やま)()(なみ) (yama tsunami

  1. landslide, landslip

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN