薄ら氷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	氷
うす Grade: S	ひ > い Grade: 3
kun'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
薄氷

Kanji in this term
薄	氷
うす Grade: S	ひ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
薄氷

Etymology

From 薄(うす)ら (usura, “thin; faint; slight”) + 氷(ひ) (hi, “ice”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うすらひ [ùsúráꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) うすらひ [ùsúráhí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨɾa̠çi]

(Tokyo) うすらい [ùsúráí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[3]
(Tokyo) うすらい [ùsúráꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨɾa̠i]

Noun

薄(うす)ら氷(ひ) or 薄(うす)ら氷(い) • (usurahi or usurai)

synonym of 薄氷 (kakuhyō, usugōri, “thin ice”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN