カンカン照でり

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Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

scorching heat; blazing sun

Describes intense, oppressive sunshine, often in summer. Frequently used with の to modify nouns (e.g., カンカン照りの日).

今日きょうはカンカン照でりで、外そとに出でるのが

つらい

。

It's scorching hot today, and going outside is tough.

カンカン照でりの下したで運うん動どう会かいが行おこなわれた。

The sports day was held under the blazing sun.

Kanji

照illuminate, shine, compare

Related words

炎えん天てん下か
炎天下 is a more formal term for 'under the blazing sun', often used in written language or news reports, while カンカン照り is colloquial and vividly descriptive.
猛もう暑しょ
猛暑 refers to intense heat as a weather condition, whereas カンカン照り specifically emphasizes the strong, glaring sunlight.

Built from

カンカン+照てる

Written forms

カンカン照でり
Standard katakana-kanji spelling; the katakana portion emphasizes the intensity of the sun.
かんかん照でり
Hiragana variant; less common but still used.

Etymology

The word is a compound of the mimetic adverb カンカン (representing intense sunlight or heat) and the noun 照り (sunshine, from the verb 照る). The exact origin of カンカン is uncertain, but it is a common sound-symbolic expression for strong, glaring light.