Usage patterns
雪が降るfor snow to fall; to snow
雪が積もるfor snow to pile up/accumulate
20 centimeters of snow piled up overnight.
雪がやむfor snow to stop falling
The snow stopped falling in the early afternoon.
雪を払うto brush off snow
I brushed the snow off my coat before going inside.
雪に閉ざされるto be snowbound; cut off by snow
The village was snowbound and transportation came to a halt.
Expressions· 11
春の雪spring snow; large snowflakes in spring 雪と墨diametric opposites; night and day; black and white 雪の肌perfectly white skin; skin as white as snow
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雪の果てlast snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death
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