Waterspout

Japanese: waterspout
Waterspout

…They are similar to Japanese tornadoes, but are often larger in scale. The word tornado is used for both land and sea, but tornadoes are generally used for land phenomena, and those that occur at sea are called waterspouts. A funnel-shaped or columnar cloud hangs down from the base of a huge cumulonimbus cloud, and is usually accompanied by dust that is rolled up from the ground. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "waterspout" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本の竜巻と同様のものであるが,それよりも規模の大きいものが多い。また,竜巻という言葉は陸上・海上ともに用いられるが,トルネードは一般に陸上の現象に用いられ,海上のものはウォータースパウトwaterspoutといわれる。巨大な積乱雲の底から漏斗状または柱状の雲が垂れ下がり,通常,地上から巻き上がる砂塵を伴う。…

※「waterspout」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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