冷害

Chinese
cold
 
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (冷害) 冷 害
simp. #(冷害) 冷 害

Pronunciation

Noun

冷害

  1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese
Kanji in this term
冷 害
れい
Grade: 4		 がい
Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gaiH, literally “cold + harm, injury”). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

Noun

冷害 (hiragana れいがい, rōmaji reigai)

  1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

See also
  • 山背 (やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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