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jmdict 1181990 Active (id: 2100686)
黄砂黄沙
こうさおうさ [ik]
1. [n]
▶ yellow sand
▶ yellow dust
▶ Asian dust
▶ [expl] dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2142490 黄砂現象【こうさげんしょう】 1. yellow sand phenomenon (dust carried on high winds from China)
  ⇐ see: 2776140 霾【ばい】 1. loess; yellow sand; bai; dust from the Yellow River region (China)
2. [n]
▶ loess
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1182180 黄土 1. loess
3. [n]
▶ desert
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1593800 砂漠 1. desert



History:
4. A 2021-04-20 02:19:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
WikiJ ref: 小学館国語辞典編集部『日本国語大辞典』第2版(小学館、2001年)の第2巻851頁には「おうさ(黄砂)」の項目も置かれており、「こうさ(黄砂)」の項目への参照項目となっている。
  Comments:
With Nikkoku alone having おうさ I'm happy to tag it as "irregular kana usage". In fact, it's hardly worth adding.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
3. A* 2021-04-20 01:49:19  Nicolas Maia
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/黄砂
https://kotobank.jp/word/黄砂-62059
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>おうさ</reb>
2. A 2017-11-22 03:27:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-11-08 22:48:58  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr, daijs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Dust
  Comments:
Splitting.
Not just China.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,9 @@
+<gloss>yellow sand</gloss>
+<gloss>yellow dust</gloss>
+<gloss>Asian dust</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1182180">黄土・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1182180">黄土・1</xref>
@@ -16,3 +25,5 @@
-<gloss>yellow sand</gloss>
-<gloss>bai</gloss>
-<gloss>dust from the Yellow River region (in China)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1593800">砂漠</xref>
+<gloss>desert</gloss>

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