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])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨ̥kã̠ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

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

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))

(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.

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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