山津波

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	津	波
やま Grade: 1	つ Grade: S	なみ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やまつなみ [yàmá tsúꜜnàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ t͡sɨᵝna̠mʲi]

Noun

山(やま)津(つ)波(なみ) • (yama tsunami)

landslide, landslip

Synonyms

山崩(やまくず)れ (yama kuzure)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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