雪合戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	合	戦
ゆき Grade: 2	がっ Grade: 2	せん Grade: 4
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
雪合戰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

雪 (“snow”) +‎ 合戦 (“battle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkʲiɡa̠sːẽ̞ɴ]

Depiction of a snowball fight, circa 1400 C.E..

Noun

雪(ゆき)合(がっ)戦(せん) • (yukigassen) 

1. (games) snowball fight