Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1

Grade: S
なみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ 津波 (tsunami, tidal wave).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(やま)()(なみ) (yama tsunami

  1. landslide, landslip

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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