白滝

白滝

See also: 白瀧

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	滝
しら Grade: 1	たき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form, only used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).[1][2][3] The "konjac noodles" sense comes from a visual resemblance of the noodles to the individual streams of water in a waterfall.

Pronunciation 1

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しらたき [shìrátákí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji shirataki)

1. a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread open

Pronunciation 2

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しら​たき [shìráꜜtàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji shirataki)

1. shirataki, very thin konjac noodles.

See also

• 糸 (いと)蒟蒻 (こんにゃく) (ito konnyaku, “threaded konjac”)

Proper noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しらたき, rōmaji Shirataki)

1. a place name
2. a surname

Derived terms

• 白滝 (しらたき)遺 (い)跡 (せき) (Shirataki Iseki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	滝
しろ Grade: 1	たき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”, standalone form, also used in compounds) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ta̠kʲi]

Proper noun

白滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白瀧, hiragana しろたき, rōmaji Shirotaki)

1. a surname

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN