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疾風怒濤 (しっぷうどとう, shippuudotou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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とう
の
日ひ
々び
だっ
た
。
My youth was truly a period of storm and stress.
Goethe's early works embody the spirit of Sturm und Drang.
Written forms 疾しっ 風ぷう 怒ど 濤とう
Standard kanji form; 濤 is the traditional character, while 涛 is a simplified variant.
疾しっ 風ぷう 怒ど 涛とう
Variant using the simplified character 涛; commonly seen in modern texts.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 疾風 (gale) and 怒濤 (raging waves). The phrase was used in classical Chinese poetry to describe a violent storm and later adopted in Japanese with the same meaning. It gained additional literary significance as a translation of the German 'Sturm und Drang' movement.
