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風巻く (しまく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb
to gust ; to blow violently ; to swirl
Describes wind blowing strongly and swirling, often with a sense of whipping or coiling. The initial 'し' is said to represent the sound of the wind. Used mainly in literary or descriptive writing.
嵐あらし の 前まえ 触ぶ れ の よう に 、 風かぜ が 風し 巻ま き 始はじ め た 。
As if heralding a storm, the wind began to blow violently and swirl.
Similar words 吹ふ き 荒あ れる 吹き荒れる means 'to blow fiercely' or 'to rage' (of wind), but does not carry the swirling, coiling nuance of 風巻く.
渦うず 巻ま く 渦巻く means 'to swirl' or 'to eddy' and can be used for wind, water, or abstract things, but 風巻く specifically refers to wind and has a more violent, gusting feel.
Etymology Compound of 風 (kaze, 'wind') and 巻く (maku, 'to roll up, to coil'). The reading しまく is a sound-symbolic alteration where the initial 'し' evokes the sound of blowing wind.
