雪女

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雪女

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Yuki Onna

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Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) +‎ 女 (onna, “woman”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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雪(ゆき)女(おんな) • (yuki onna) ^{←ゆきをんな (yukiwonna)^?}

yuki-onna, "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow
- (Can we date this quote?) (deprecated template usage) 岡本綺堂『籠釣瓶』 [1]
  傘(かさ)も持(も)たないで門(かど)に立(た)ったのは妹(いもうと)のお光(ひかり)であった。雪(ゆき)はますます強(つよ)くなって来(き)たらしく、彼女(か)の総身(じょのそうしん)は雪女(ゆきおんな)のように真(ま)っ白(しろ)に塗(ぬ)られていた。
  Kasa mo motanai de kado ni tatta no wa imōto no ohikari de atta. Yuki wa masumasu tsuyokunattekitarashiku, kanojo no sōshin wa yuki onna no yō ni masshiro ni nurareteita.
  Standing in the entrance without holding even an umbrella was his younger sister Ohikari. It seemed like the snow had become increasingly stronger; her whole body was painted with snow, like a yuki-onna.

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