白滝

See also: 白瀧

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	滝
しら Grade: 1	たき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
白瀧 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form, only used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”). The "konjac noodles" sense comes from a visual resemblance of the noodles to the individual streams of water in a waterfall.

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) しらたき [shìrátákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (shirataki) 

1. a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread open

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) しら​たき [shìráꜜtàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (shirataki) 

1. shirataki, very thin konjac noodles.

See also

• 糸(いと)蒟蒻(こんにゃく) (ito konnyaku, “threaded konjac”)

Proper noun

白(しら)滝(たき) • (Shirataki) 

1. a place name
2. a surname

Derived terms

• 白滝(しらたき)遺(い)跡(せき) (Shirataki Iseki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	滝
しろ Grade: 1	たき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
白瀧 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”, standalone form, also used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ta̠kʲi]

Proper noun

白(しろ)滝(たき) • (Shirotaki) 

1. a surname