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蓮葉氷 (はすはごおり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蓮はす葉は氷ごおり

also: はすばごおり

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Meanings

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noun

pancake ice

A meteorological term for circular, flat pieces of ice formed in cold waters, resembling lotus leaves.

冬ふゆの海うみに蓮はす葉は氷ごおりが浮うかんでいた。
Pancake ice was floating on the winter sea.
蓮はす葉は氷ごおりは、波なみの作さ用ようで丸まるく形けい成せいさ

れる

。

Pancake ice is formed into round shapes by wave action.

Written forms

蓮葉氷
- はすはごおり
  Standard kanji spelling for this meteorological term.
- はすばごおり
  Alternate reading with rendaku; less common than はすはごおり.
はす葉氷
- はすはごおり
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
- はすばごおり
はすばごおり

Kanji

蓮lotus
葉leaf, plane, lobe
氷icicle, ice, hail

Similar words

氷こおり
General term for ice; 蓮葉氷 specifically refers to pancake ice.
流りゅう氷ひょう
Drift ice; larger masses of ice moving with currents, unlike the small, round pancake ice.

Etymology

Compound of 蓮葉 (hasuha, 'lotus leaf') and 氷 (kōri, 'ice'), from the resemblance of the ice formations to lotus leaves.