土砂降り
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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土 | 砂 | 降 |
ど Grade: 1 |
しゃ Grade: 6 |
ふ > ぶ Grade: 6 |
kan'yōon | goon | kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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どしゃ降り 土砂降 |
Etymology
editCompound of 土砂 (dosha, “soil and sand”) + 降り (furi, “falling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 降る furu, “to fall”, such as rain or other precipitation).[1][2] The furi changes to buri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
According to some sources,[3] the dosha portion is from adverb どしゃくしゃ (doshakusha, “in a confusion, in a turmoil”), with the 土砂 spelling used as ateji (当て字). According to other sources,[1] the dosha portion is a metaphor for heavy rain.
First appears in texts from the early 1900s.[1]
Compare the English expressions to rain cats and dogs, or to rain pitchforks and hammer handles.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editUsage notes
editUnlike the synonyms, doshaburi is only used in reference to rain, and is not used to describe snowfall.
Synonyms
edit- 本降り (honburi): a real rainfall (also describes snowfall)
- 大降り (ōburi): a big rainfall (also describes snowfall)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
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- Japanese terms spelled with 土 read as ど
- Japanese terms spelled with 砂 read as しゃ
- Japanese terms spelled with 降 read as ふ
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
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