白はく魔ま

noun

heavy snowfall; white devil

Figurative term for a severe snowstorm or heavy snow, often personified as a 'white devil'. Used in weather reports and literary descriptions.

• 昨さく夜やの白はく魔まで、町まちはすっぽり雪ゆきに覆おおわれた。

  The heavy snowfall last night blanketed the town in snow.

• 登と山ざん隊たいは白はく魔まに襲おそわれ、遭そう難なんした。

  The mountaineering party was caught in a white devil of a blizzard and went missing.