Practice JLPTMeaning
初雪 (はつゆき, hatsuyuki) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “first snow of the season”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
ゆうべ 初雪が 降りました
Last night was the first snowfall of the season.
まもなく初雪が降った。
The first snow came before long.
まもなく 初雪が 降った。
The first snow came before long.
雪だるまが 作りたくて、 子供たちは 初雪を 楽しみにしていた。
Wanting to build a snowman, the children eagerly awaited the first snow.
その年の気候にもよるが、初雪は11月に降り、4月に入っても雪が舞うこともある。
Although it changes depending on the climate for the year, the first snow of the season generally falls in November and can continue to fall until as late as April.
禅鳳は風流能の流行を担った中心的な作者であり、「生田敦盛」「初雪」などを書いた。
Zenpo was the playwright who played a pivotal role in making furyu (spectacle) Noh popular, writing 'Ikuta Atsumori' and 'Hatsuyuki.'
また、玉虫色などの昆虫名、氷、初雪などの地象などによる他、白襲、赤色などの色名、枯野など景物にちなむものもある。
Other seasonal features that irome were named after include insects such as jewel beetle, terrestrial phenomena such as ice and the first snow of the year, in addition to colors such as shiragasane (white layers) and akairo (red color) as well as landscapes such as kareno (withered fields).