雪だるま

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
雪
ゆき Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
雪達磨雪ダルマ

Etymology edit

From 雪 (yuki, “snow”) +‎ だるま (daruma, “Bodhidharma”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ゆきだるま [yùkídáꜜrùmà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkʲida̠ɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun edit

雪(ゆき)だるま • (yukidaruma)

snowman (of only a head and a body)

Usage notes edit

雪仏(ゆきぼとけ) (yukibotoke, “snow Buddha”) was used in Japan before Daruma-san became popular.

References edit

^ 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

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