こがらし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
木枯らし木枯し凩

Etymology

"Tree-wilter", 木(こ) (ko) + 枯(か)らし (karashi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 枯(か)らす (karasu).”). The karashi changes to garashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こがらし [kògáꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡa̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

こがらし • (kogarashi) ^{←こがらし (kogarasi)^?}

a kind of strong wind in Japan between late autumn and early winter

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN