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吹き溜まり (ふきだまり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
noun
drift ; pile-up
Refers to a place where wind-blown material like snow, leaves, or dust accumulates. Often used literally for natural phenomena.
いえ
の
北きた
側がわ
に
大おお
きな
雪ゆき
の
吹ふ
き
溜だ
まり
が
でき
た
。
After the blizzard, a large snowdrift formed on the north side of the house.
2
noun
hangout for misfits ; gathering place for dropouts
Figurative extension: a place where people who have fallen through the cracks of society tend to gather. Carries a slightly negative or pitiful connotation.
Written forms 吹ふ き 溜だ まり Usage 30%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
吹ふ きだまり Usage 50%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, often used when the kanji 溜 is less familiar.
ふきだまり Usage 13%
吹ふ き 溜だま り Usage 8%
Variant with 溜り instead of 溜まり; less common.
Kanji 溜 collect, gather, be in arrears Similar words 吹ふ き 寄よ せる A verb meaning 'to drift together' or 'to be blown into a pile'; describes the action that creates a 吹き溜まり.
溜た まり A general noun for a place where something collects or pools, such as water or people. 吹き溜まり specifies wind-blown accumulation.
Etymology Compound of 吹き (fuki, 'blowing', continuative form of 吹く fuku) + 溜まり (tamari, 'accumulation', from 溜まる tamaru). Literally 'a place where blown things accumulate'.
