Snow - Yuki

Japanese: 雪 - ゆき

[1] 〘 noun 〙① White, opaque crystals that fall from the sky, formed by the merging and growing of ice crystals in the clouds. The crystals are hexagonal and come in various shapes, such as star-shaped, slab-shaped, rectangular column-shaped, and needle-shaped. 《Season・Winter》※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 5th chapter 822 "In my garden, plum blossoms are falling, and from the sky in the morning, a stream of snow may come."② A metaphor for something pure white similar to ①. → Snow skin. ※Kanazoshi, Konosuke (c. 1609-17), 2nd chapter "I am ashamed to reply myself, and I grind the ink of the snow into a thin layer."③ A comparison in particular to white hair. ※Kokin (905-914), 1st chapter of spring, 8th chapter "I am the one who is exposed to the light of the spring sun, and somehow I become snow, how sad (Fumiya Yasuhide)"④ Ice scraped off and topped with white sugar. Kakigori. ⑤ (From the roots of the kanji) A court word for cod . The root of snow. Under the snow. The root of snow. ※Goyudonojo-Nikki - December 28, 1482 (Bunmei 14) "From the bottom, two pieces of kan, one fold of seaweed, five layers of snow." ⑥ A court word for turnip or radish . ※Goyudonojo-Nikki - December 12, 1492 (Meiō 1) "From the top of the palace, snow, and a large amount of beautiful white things." ⑦ The name of a crest. A shape modeled after the crystal of ①. There are various types such as snow and snow ring . ⑧ A small piece of blank paper used on stage in plays to resemble snow. *Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-32 (1805), "The beginning of the triangular snow in the Kan'ei era" ⑨ Abbreviation of "Snow on the Hassaku (Yassaku) orange." *Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-Shiui (1801), Volume 14, "On the second day of August, snow falls" [2] [1] Jiuta. Composed by Minezaki Koto of Osaka around the Tenmei and Kansei eras (1781-1801 ) . Lyrics by Ryusekian Hazumi, author of " Uta Keizu." The song describes the feelings of a geisha who was abandoned by a man and left the world to become a nun. The interjection of the shamisen in the song is called "yuki no te" (snow hand) , and has been used in later Japanese music as a symbol of snow. It is a representative song of jiuta, and is also famous as a jiuta dance. [2] Noh play. Third piece. Kongo school. Author unknown. A traveling monk was caught in snow in the village of Noda in Settsu Province on his way to visit Tennoji Temple. As he waited for the snow to clear, a snow spirit appeared and asked the monk to chant sutras, then performed a circling snow dance.

Good [snow]

〘Noun〙 An ancient dialect of the eastern part of Japan that means "yuki (snow)". ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 14.3423 "I descended to the mountain of Ikaho in Kamitsukeno, near the house of my sister who had not passed by Yoki ."

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 雲中の氷晶が併合成長して生じた、白色・不透明の結晶が降ってくるもの。結晶は六方晶系で、星状・角板状・角柱状・針状など種々な形のものがある。《季・冬》※万葉（８Ｃ後）五・八二二「我が園に梅の花散るひさかたの天より由吉(ユキ)の流れ来るかも」② ①に似た純白なものをたとえていう。→雪の肌。※仮名草子・恨の介（1609‐17頃）下「恥しながら自らも御返事申さんとて、ゆきの薄様にかうろぎの墨磨り流し」③ 特に、白髪にたとえていう。※古今（905‐914）春上・八「春の日の光にあたる我なれどかしらの雪となるぞわびしき〈文屋康秀〉」④ 氷を掻きおろして、白砂糖をかけたもの。かきごおり。⑤ (漢字の旁(つくり)から) 鱈(たら)をいう、女房詞。雪のいお。雪の下。雪のとと。※御湯殿上日記‐文明一四年（1482）一二月二八日「すゑよりかん二、かいあわ一折、ゆき五まいる」⑥ 蕪(かぶ)、また、大根(だいこん)をいう女房詞。※御湯殿上日記‐明応元年（1492）一二月一二日「御たいの御かたより、ゆき、しろ物のめつらしきおほくまいる」⑦ 紋所の名。①の結晶をかたどったもの。雪、雪輪(ゆきわ)など種々ある。⑧ 芝居の舞台で雪に見たてて用いる白紙の小片。※雑俳・柳多留‐三二（1805）「寛永に三角なゆきふりはじめ」⑨ 「はっさく（八朔）の雪」の略。※雑俳・柳多留拾遺（1801）巻一四「八月の二日質やへ雪がふり」[2][一] 地歌。天明・寛政（一七八一‐一八〇一）頃大坂の峰崎勾当(みねざきこうとう)作曲。「歌系図」を著わした流石庵羽積(はずみ)作詞。男に捨てられた芸者が浮世を捨てて尼になった心境を歌ったもの。曲中にある三味線の合の手は「雪の手」と呼ばれ、雪を象徴するものとして後世の邦楽によく利用されている。地歌の歌物の代表曲で、地唄舞としても有名。[二] 謡曲。三番目物。金剛流。作者未詳。旅僧が天王寺参詣の途中、摂津国野田の里で雪に降られ、その晴れるのを待っていると、雪の精が現われて僧に読経を乞い回雪の舞を舞う。