surging crowd; stampede of people
Rare term for a crowd moving like an avalanche; often used in news or literary descriptions of dangerous crowd surges.
A surging crowd occurred at the festival, causing injuries.
群衆 is a general term for a crowd, while 人雪崩 specifically emphasizes a dangerous, avalanche-like surge.
雪崩 means 'avalanche' (of snow); 人雪崩 metaphorically extends this to a human crowd.
Standard kanji spelling for this rare term.
Rare kanji form using 頽.
Rare kanji form with okurigana.
Compound of 人 (hito, 'person') and 雪崩 (nadare, 'avalanche'), literally 'human avalanche'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a metaphorical extension of the snow avalanche concept to describe a surging crowd.