雪男

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	男

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Etymology

雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 男 (otoko, “man”), a calque of the English (abominable) snowman.

Noun

雪男 (hiragana ゆきおとこ, romaji yuki otoko)

1. abominable snowman, yeti, Bigfoot

See also

• 雪女 (ゆきおんな, yuki onna) (traditional Japanese mythology, not related to the mythology of the 雪男)