竜巻

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竜巻 (tatsumaki): a tornado.
Kanji in this term
たつ
Grade: S
ま(き)
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
龍卷 (kyūjitai)
竜巻き

Etymology

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Compound of (tatsu, dragon) +‎ 巻き (maki, whirl, spiral), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of verb 巻く (maku, to wind, to roll).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たつ)(まき) (tatsumaki

  1. a tornado, a twister
    Synonym: トルネード (torunēdo)
    • 1999 May 25, “ワイバーン [Wyvern]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
      (はね)をはばたかせて(きょう)(りょく)(たつ)(まき)をおこす。
      Hane o habatakasete kyōryoku na tatsumaki o okosu.
      It causes powerful tornadoes by flapping its wings.
  2. a whirlwind, a dust devil (smaller than a tornado)
    Synonym: 旋風 (senpū, tsumujikaze)
  3. a waterspout

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN