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降雪

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Chinese

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to drop; to fall; to come down
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
 
snow
trad. (降雪)
simp. #(降雪)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to snow

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Derived terms

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Noun

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降雪

  1. snowfall (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
せつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwngH sjwet, literally descending snow).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こう)(せつ) (kōsetsuかうせつ (kausetu)?

  1. falling snow
  2. snowfall, either as an instance of falling of snow, or as the accumulated snow itself

Verb

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(こう)(せつ)する (kōsetsu suruかうせつ (kausetu)?suru (stem (こう)(せつ) (kōsetsu shi), past (こう)(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))

  1. to fall (said of snow), to have a snowfall

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "降雪する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 降雪し こうせつし kōsetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 降雪し こうせつし kōsetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 降雪する こうせつする kōsetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 降雪する こうせつする kōsetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 降雪すれ こうせつすれ kōsetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 降雪せよ¹
降雪しろ²
こうせつせよ¹
こうせつしろ²
kōsetsu seyo¹
kōsetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 降雪される こうせつされる kōsetsu sareru
Causative 降雪させる
降雪さす
こうせつさせる
こうせつさす
kōsetsu saseru
kōsetsu sasu
Potential 降雪できる こうせつできる kōsetsu dekiru
Volitional 降雪しよう こうせつしよう kōsetsu shiyō
Negative 降雪しない こうせつしない kōsetsu shinai
Negative continuative 降雪せず こうせつせず kōsetsu sezu
Formal 降雪します こうせつします kōsetsu shimasu
Perfective 降雪した こうせつした kōsetsu shita
Conjunctive 降雪して こうせつして kōsetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 降雪すれば こうせつすれば kōsetsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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降雪 (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

  1. hanja form? of 강설 (falling snow; snowfall)