雪女
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雪 | 女 |
| ゆき Grade: 2 |
おんな Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
雪女 (hiragana ゆきおんな, rōmaji yuki onna, historical hiragana ゆきをんな)
- yuki-onna, "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow
- (Can we date this quote?) 岡本綺堂『籠釣瓶』
- 傘も持たないで門に立ったのは妹のお光であった。雪はますます強くなって来たらしく、彼女の総身は雪女のように真っ白に塗られていた。
- 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.
- 傘も持たないで門に立ったのは妹のお光であった。雪はますます強くなって来たらしく、彼女の総身は雪女のように真っ白に塗られていた。
- (Can we date this quote?) 岡本綺堂『籠釣瓶』
See also
- 雪男 (yuki otoko): abominable snowman (modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the 雪女)
- 雨女 (ame onna): a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain
- 雨男 (ame otoko): a man whose presence always seems to bring rain
- 骨女 (hone onna): a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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