死の灰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	灰
し Grade: 3	はい Grade: 6
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

From 死(し) (shi, “death”) + の (no, genitive marker) + 灰(はい) (hai, “ash”), literally "ash of death".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕino̞ha̠i]

Noun

死(し)の灰(はい) • (shinohai) 

1. (colloquial) nuclear fallout

Synonyms

• 放(ほう)射(しゃ)性(せい)降(こう)下(か)物(ぶつ) (hōshasei kōkabutsu)