"竜巻" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ta̠t͡sɨma̠kʲi] Forms: 竜巻 [canonical] (ruby: (たつ), (まき)), tatsumaki [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) + 巻き (maki, “whirl, spiral”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 巻く (maku, “to wind, to roll”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|竜|巻き|t1=dragon|t2=whirl, spiral|tr1=tatsu|tr2=maki}} 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) + 巻き (maki, “whirl, spiral”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たつまき}} 竜(たつ)巻(まき) • (tatsumaki)
  1. a tornado, a twister Synonyms: トルネード
    Sense id: en-竜巻-ja-noun-wzGGK2fu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Meteorology, Wind Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 57 37 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 54 38 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 40 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 40 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 29 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 16 10 Disambiguation of Meteorology: 59 28 13 Disambiguation of Wind: 44 48 8
  2. a whirlwind, a dust devil (smaller than a tornado) Synonyms: 旋風
    Sense id: en-竜巻-ja-noun-B6CpA-i3 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Wind Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 50 11 Disambiguation of Wind: 44 48 8
  3. a waterspout
    Sense id: en-竜巻-ja-noun-fLKz868n
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Download raw JSONL data for 竜巻 meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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