雪女

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ゆき
Grade: 2
おんな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
雪女 (yuki onna): a depiction of a yuki onna from a 1781 publication.

Etymology

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Compound of (yuki, snow) +‎ (onna, woman).[1][2][3][4] First mentioned in a text from the late 1500s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ゆき)(おんな) (yuki onnaゆきをんな (yukiwonna)?

  1. [from late 1500s] yuki-onna (snow-woman): spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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