Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ゆき
Grade: 2
だる
Grade: 4

Grade: S
しき
Grade: 3
kun’yomi irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雪だるま式

Etymology edit

From 雪達磨(ゆきだるま) (yukidaruma) + (しき) (-shiki).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) きだるましき [yùkídárúmáshíkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkʲida̠ɾɯ̟ᵝma̠ɕikʲi]

Noun edit

(ゆき)(だる)()(しき) (yukidaruma-shiki

  1. snowballing (accumulation)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN