冷害

Chinese

cold
 
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (冷害)
simp. #(冷害)

Pronunciation


Noun

冷害

  1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
がい
Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gaiH, literally cold + harm, injury). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (れい)(がい) • (reigai) 

    1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

    See also

    • 山背(やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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