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| 1. |
[n]
▶ frost on trees ▶ hoarfrost (on trees) |
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| 2. |
[n]
▶ frost-covered trees |
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| 4. | A 2021-12-08 02:35:37 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | I'll take the plunge and put the JE version in a second sense. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17,0 +18,4 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>frost-covered trees</gloss> |
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| 3. | A* 2021-11-26 11:11:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5: a tree 「covered [silvered] with 「frost [hoarfrost, rime]; a frost-covered tree. 中辞典: a tree covered [silvered] with hoarfrost [rime]. ルミナス: tree covered with (snow and) ice KOD: 樹氷原 a forest of ice-covered trees. Koj/Daijr: 霧氷の一種。 Daijs: およそ氷点下五度以下に冷却した水蒸気や過冷却の水滴が、樹木などに吹きつけられ凍結してできた氷 |
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| Comments: | Interesting that the JEs and kokugos take two different views. 2 senses? |
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| 2. | A* 2021-11-24 23:28:15 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | This is more correct than the original, thanks for the correction. But all refs okotobank appear to say it's a specific type of frost on trees. Britannica gives the English as "rime; soft rime" |
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| 1. | A* 2021-11-24 04:08:14 Samuel R. Messner <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | The Encyclopedia Nipponica: https://kotobank.jp/word/樹氷-78163 |
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| Comments: | The word refers not to the trees, but to the frost. |
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| Diff: | @@ -16 +16,2 @@ -<gloss>frost covered trees</gloss> +<gloss>frost on trees</gloss> +<gloss>hoarfrost (on trees)</gloss> |
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