雪（ゆき）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: snow
Example sentences
- 北海道では冬にたくさん雪が降る。 — It snows a lot in Hokkaido during winter.
- 山の上は一面、雪で白い。 — The mountaintop is completely white with snow.
Idioms & proverbs containing “雪”
- 雪隠で饅頭 (せんちでまんじゅう) — if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet
- 柳に雪折れなし (やなぎにゆきおれなし) — the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
- 雪泥鴻爪 (せつでいのこうそう) — ephemeral nature of human deeds and events; evanescence of human affairs; leaving no trace; dust in the wind
- 雪中送炭 (せっちゅうそうたん) — helping someone in trouble; sending charcoal to someone in the snow
- 雪と墨 (ゆきとすみ) — diametric opposites; night and day; black and white; snow and ink
- 下駄の雪 (げたのゆき) — hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; snow stuck under a geta sandal
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