夕凪
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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夕 | 凪 |
ゆう Grade: 1 |
なぎ Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 夕 (yū, “evening”) + 凪 (nagi, “calm, lull”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
夕凪 • (yūnagi) ←ゆふなぎ (yufunagi)?
- evening calm (lack of winds), found in coastal regions
- 1232-1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 13, poem 849; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 97)
- Antonym: 朝凪 (asanagi)
Proper noun edit
夕凪 • (Yūnagi) ←ゆふなぎ (yufunagi)?
- either one of the two Kamikaze-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (see Japanese destroyer Yūnagi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- Hypernym: 神風 (Kamikaze)
- a female given name
- a place name