竜巻

Japanese
竜巻 (tatsumaki): a tornado.
Kanji in this term
竜 巻
たつ
Grade: S		 ま(き)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
龍卷 (kyūjitai)
竜巻き

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”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

竜(たつ)巻(まき) • (tatsumaki) 

  1. a tornado, a twister
    Synonym: トルネード (torunēdo)
    • 1999 May 25, “ワイバーン [Wyvern]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
      羽(はね)をはばたかせて強(きょう)力(りょく)な竜(たつ)巻(まき)をおこす。
      Hane o habatakasete kyōryoku na tatsumaki o okosu.
      It causes powerful tornadoes by flapping its wings.
  2. a whirlwind, a dust devil (smaller than a tornado)
    Synonym: 旋風 (senpū, tsumujikaze)
  3. a waterspout

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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